eto

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eto"

Translingual

Symbol

eto

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Eton (Cameroon).

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Eton (Cameroon) terms

Creek

Etymology

From Proto-Muskogean *iktiCo. Cognates include Choctaw itti'.

Pronunciation

• (Oklahoma) IPA^(key): [ɪdóˑ]
• Hyphenation: e‧to

Noun

eto

1. tree
2. wood
3. (obsolete) synonym of etovlke
   • 1871, W. S. Robertson, D. Winslett, Mvskoke: nakcokv eskerretv esvhokkolat [Creek: second reader]‎^[1], New York: American Tract Society, page 26:

     Nokuse ponvttv cvpvkket os, momet eto ofvn aret omes.

     The bear is an angry animal, which lives in a forest.

Declension

Declension of eto

Absolutive	eto
Subjective	etot
Objective	eton

Possessive inflection of eto (alienable)

	Singular	Plural
First person	vmeto	pometo
Second person	cemeto
Third person	emeto

Derived terms

• etovlke

References

• J. B. Martin (2011), A grammar of Creek (Muscogee), University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 129
• J. B. Martin; M. McKane Mauldrin (2004), “eto”, in A dictionary of Creek/Muscogee, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 41

Esperanto

Greek Alphabet

Ηη	Previous:	zeto
	Next:	teto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta, “the letter Η”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeto/
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: e‧to

Noun

eto (accusative singular eton, plural etoj, accusative plural etojn)

1. eta

Further reading

• “eto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Related to Karelian eto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeto/, [ˈe̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): e‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): eto

Adjective

eto (not comparable, indeclinable, only used attributively) (dialectal, Eastern Finnish)

1. damned, damn, puny, insignificant

Derived terms

• etoa

Japanese

Romanization

eto

1. Rōmaji transcription of えーと

Malagasy

Adverb

eto

1. here

   Tongasoa eto Madagasikara.

   Welcome to Madagascar.

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto eto and Nüpode Huitoto eto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛtɔ]
• Hyphenation: e‧to

Root

eto

1. piculet

Derived terms

• etoño

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

eto f

1. definite singular of etu

Samoan

Etymology

Compare Tokelauan eto.

Verb

eto

1. to lick

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 42

Serbo-Croatian

Interjection

ȅto (Cyrillic spelling е̏то)

1. (genitive) look, see, behold

   Eto tamo! ― Look over there!

2. there, here

   Eto ga, gotov sam! ― There it is, I am done!

3. (by extension, contextual) over there, over here

   Eto ga tamo! ― It is over there!

References

• “eto”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /éːtɔ/, /ɛ́tɔ/

Interjection

ẹ̑to or ȅto

1. look, see, behold
2. there, there you go

Tabaru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈe.to]

Verb

eto

1. (stative, temporary) to be drunk

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988), “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔeto/ [ˈʔɛː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: e‧to

Interjection

eto (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆᜓ)

1. alternative form of heto: here! here it is!

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari iri yari**	nari niri niyari†	dini	narini nandini nairi naari	heri eri ayri	ganari ganiri garini garni gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	narito nandito naito**	heto eto ayto†	ganito garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan yaan	niyan	diyan diyaan	nandiyan nandiyaan nariyan(naryan) nayan/nayaan** naiyan‡	hayan ayan	ganiyan(ganyan) gay-an** gariyan**
Remote	iyon yoon yaon†	niyon noon niyaon†	doon	naroon nandoon nayon/nayoon** nayaon‡	hayon ayon	ganoon gayon gay-on** gayoon‡ garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Teke-Tyee

Noun

eto (plural bito)

1. leg

Welsh

Alternative forms

• etwaeth
• etto (obsolete)

Etymology

Reduced form of Middle Welsh eton, from Proto-Brythonic *edwon, from Proto-Celtic *eti-uɸo-nā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɔ

Adverb

eto

1. again
2. (in a negative or interrogative sentence) yet

Derived terms

• eto i gyd (“then again; on second thought; however”)
• unwaith eto, eto unwaith (“once again”)