tao
From theWade–Giles romanization of theMandarin pronunciation ofChinese道 (tao⁴).[1]
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tao (usuallyuncountable,pluraltaos)
Unknown.
tào
FromProto-Philippine*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Austronesian*Cau.
táo
FromProto-Philippine*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Austronesian*Cau.
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| Inflection oftao (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tao | — | |
| genitive | taon | — | |
| partitive | taoa | — | |
| illative | taoon | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tao | — | |
| accusative | nom. | tao | — |
| gen. | taon | ||
| genitive | taon | — | |
| partitive | taoa | — | |
| inessive | taossa | — | |
| elative | taosta | — | |
| illative | taoon | — | |
| adessive | taolla | — | |
| ablative | taolta | — | |
| allative | taolle | — | |
| essive | taona | — | |
| translative | taoksi | — | |
| abessive | taotta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Inherited fromProto-Philippine*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tau,Proto-Austronesian*Cau.
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taó
Borrowed fromMandarin道(dào,“way, path”).
tao
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tao | taók |
| accusative | taót | taókat |
| dative | taónak | taóknak |
| instrumental | taóval | taókkal |
| causal-final | taóért | taókért |
| translative | taóvá | taókká |
| terminative | taóig | taókig |
| essive-formal | taoként | taókként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | taóban | taókban |
| superessive | taón | taókon |
| adessive | taónál | taóknál |
| illative | taóba | taókba |
| sublative | taóra | taókra |
| allative | taóhoz | taókhoz |
| elative | taóból | taókból |
| delative | taóról | taókról |
| ablative | taótól | taóktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | taóé | taóké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | taóéi | taókéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | taóm | taóim |
| 2nd person sing. | taód | taóid |
| 3rd person sing. | taója | taói |
| 1st person plural | taónk | taóink |
| 2nd person plural | taótok | taóitok |
| 3rd person plural | taójuk | taóik |
Abbreviation from the name of the act[1] ontársaságiadó ésosztalékadó(“corporate tax and dividend tax”).
tao
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tao | taók |
| accusative | taót | taókat |
| dative | taónak | taóknak |
| instrumental | taóval | taókkal |
| causal-final | taóért | taókért |
| translative | taóvá | taókká |
| terminative | taóig | taókig |
| essive-formal | taoként | taókként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | taóban | taókban |
| superessive | taón | taókon |
| adessive | taónál | taóknál |
| illative | taóba | taókba |
| sublative | taóra | taókra |
| allative | taóhoz | taókhoz |
| elative | taóból | taókból |
| delative | taóról | taókról |
| ablative | taótól | taóktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | taóé | taóké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | taóéi | taókéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | taóm | taóim |
| 2nd person sing. | taód | taóid |
| 3rd person sing. | taója | taói |
| 1st person plural | taónk | taóink |
| 2nd person plural | taótok | taóitok |
| 3rd person plural | taójuk | taóik |
Inherited fromProto-Philippine*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tau,Proto-Austronesian*Cau.
tao (pluraltattao)
| singular | plural/distributive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | taok | tattaok | ||
| 2nd singular | taom | tattaom | ||
| 3rd singular | taona | tattaona | ||
| 1st dual | taota | tattaota | ||
| 1st plural exclusive | taomi | tattaomi | ||
| 1st plural inclusive | taotayo | tattaotayo | ||
| 2nd plural | taoyo | tattaoyo | ||
| 3rd plural | taoda | tattaoda | ||
tao
From theWade-Giles romanization ofChinese道(Dào, literally“theWay”) or (dào, "circuit").
tao m (invariable)
tao
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*taʀuq. CompareIndonesiantaruh.
tao
tao
| focus (voice) | ||
|---|---|---|
| agent (active) | man-form | manao |
| mi-form | mitao | |
| om-form | — | |
| patient (passive) | — | |
| alternate | — | |
| a-form | atao | |
| voa-form | voatao | |
| tafa-form | — | |
| goal (relative) | an-form | anaovana |
| i-form | itaovana | |
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tao n (indeclinable)
Borrowed fromFrenchtao orEnglishtao.
tao n (uncountable)
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | tao | taoul |
| genitive-dative | tao | taoului |
| vocative | taoule | |
tao
tao classV (pluralmatao classVI)
From earliertawo, fromProto-Philippine*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Austronesian*Cau. Cognate withIlocanotao,Cebuanotawo,Thaocaw,Tsoucou, andMotutau.
tao (Baybayin spellingᜆᜂ)
taó (Baybayin spellingᜆᜂ)
FromProto-Vietic*soː(“I;me”). Cognate withThavungโซว.
There are 1st person single pronouns in Northern Austroasiatic branches with back vocalism and null-initial such asMangʔuː⁴,Khmu [Cuang]ʔoʔ,Riang [Sak]ʔoʔ¹,Pnaro. However, the only case of competing*s- vs. null-onset in Vietic isProto-Vietic*suh ~*ʔuh(“nest”), which gave rise toVietnamesetổ andổ respectively.
FromProto-Philippine*tau, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*tau, fromProto-Austronesian*Cau. CompareIbatantawo,Tagalogtao,Ilocanotao.
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