tao
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴).[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
tao
- (Chinese philosophy and religion) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life.
Noun
tao (usually uncountable, plural taos)
- (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
- the tao of sex... the tao of the heart... the tao of integuments...
- (historical, obsolete) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
Synonyms
- (harmonious skill) zen
See also
References
- ^ dao, Wade-Giles romanization tao, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Anagrams
Bikol Central
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Verb
tào
- to give
- Itao mo na sakuya an kuwarta.
- Just give me the money.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.
Pronunciation
Noun
táo
- Alternative form of tawo
Butuanon
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.
Noun
tao
Finnish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
tao
Declension
Inflection of tao (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
tao
- inflection of takoa:
Anagrams
French
Noun
tao m (plural taos)
Further reading
- “tao”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galo
Noun
tao
Hiligaynon
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, Proto-Austronesian *Cau.
Noun
táo
Verb
táo
- to be born
Etymology 2
Verb
táo
- to look after or guard the house
Etymology 3
Verb
taó
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mandarin 道 (dào, “way, path”).
Noun
tao
Declension
Inflection of tao | ||
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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 |
Possessive forms of tao | ||
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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 |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Abbreviation from the name of the act[1] on társasági adó és osztalékadó (“corporate tax and dividend tax”).
Noun
tao
- Acronym of társasági adó és osztalékadó.
Declension
Inflection of 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 |
Possessive forms of tao | ||
---|---|---|
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 |
Derived terms
References
Ilocano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, Proto-Austronesian *Cau.
Pronunciation
Noun
tao (plural tattao)
Inflection
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 |
Derived terms
Related terms
Pronoun
{head|ilo|pronoun}}
- Alternative form of datao: indefinite pronoun usually referring to the speaker
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese 道 (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit").
Pronunciation
Noun
tao m (invariable)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
tao
Malagasy
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀuq. Compare Indonesian taruh.
Pronunciation
Noun
tao
Verb
tao
- to do
- to prepare, arm, take precautions
Related terms
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 |
Mandarin
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萄
Romanization
tao
- Nonstandard spelling of tāo.
- Nonstandard spelling of táo.
- Nonstandard spelling of tǎo.
- Nonstandard spelling of tào.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Maori
Noun
tao
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tao n (indeclinable)
- (philosophy, Taoism) Tao (Chinese philosophical term)
- Synonym: dao
Related terms
Further reading
- tao in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French tao or English tao.
Noun
tao n (uncountable)
Declension
Samoan
Noun
tao
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier tawo, from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognate with Ilocano tao, Cebuano tawo, Thao caw, Tsou cou, and Motu tau.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: ta‧o
Noun
tao (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂ)
- human; human being; person; man
- (colloquial) people
- faces of a coin
- (games) heads (in heads or tails)
- (colloquial) husband
- person left alone in a place as a guard or caretaker (when others are away)
Derived terms
- ang taong gipit, sa patalim kumakapit
- baguntao
- bansing-tao
- daktao
- dalubtao
- dalubtauhan
- gawang-tao
- higtao
- kapwa-tao
- karamihang-tao
- karaniwang-tao
- karapatang pantao
- katao
- katauhan
- lampas-tao
- madlang-tao
- magdalang-tao
- magkatao
- magkatawang-tao
- magpakatao
- magpakitang-tao
- magpatao
- makatao
- malay-tao
- mamamatay-tao
- matao
- matauhan
- may-tao
- nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa
- pagdadalang-tao
- pagkatao
- pagpapakatao
- pagpapanauhan
- pagpapatao
- pagsasatao
- pagtao
- pagtatao
- pakitang-tao
- palatauhan
- panao
- panauhan
- panauhin
- patao
- sa pagkatao
- sangkatauhan
- tagatao
- tagataong-bahay
- tao po
- tao-tao
- tao-tauhan
- taong-bahay
- taong-bayan
- taong-grasa
- taong-gubat
- taong-gubat
- taong-putik
- tauhan
- tauhin
- tawiran ng tao
- tumao
- wikang-tao
Related terms
See also
Adjective
taó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂ)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Cau”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *soː (“I; me”). Cognate with Thavung โซว.
There are 1st person single pronouns in Northern Austroasiatic branches with back vocalism and null-initial such as Mang ʔuː⁴, Khmu [Cuang] ʔoʔ, Riang [Sak] ʔoʔ¹, Pnar o. However, the only case of competing *s- vs. null-onset in Vietic is Proto-Vietic *suh ~ *ʔuh (“nest”), which gave rise to Vietnamese tổ and ổ respectively.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
Anagrams
Yami
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.
Noun
tao
- English terms borrowed from Wade–Giles
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- English terms borrowed from Mandarin
- English terms derived from Mandarin
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- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/aʊ
- Rhymes:English/aʊ/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Philosophy
- en:Religion
- English terms with quotations
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- Bikol Central terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
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- Bikol Central terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Bikol Central nouns
- Butuanon terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Butuanon terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Butuanon terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Butuanon terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Butuanon terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Butuanon terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Butuanon lemmas
- Butuanon nouns
- Finnish terms derived from Chinese
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑo
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑo/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
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- Finnish non-lemma forms
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- French lemmas
- French nouns
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- fr:Philosophy
- Galo lemmas
- Galo nouns
- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hiligaynon terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Hiligaynon lemmas
- Hiligaynon nouns
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- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/oː
- Rhymes:Hungarian/oː/2 syllables
- Hungarian terms borrowed from Mandarin
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- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Hungarian acronyms
- Hungarian three-letter words
- Hungarian terms with multiple lemma etymologies
- Hungarian terms with multiple noun etymologies
- hu:Philosophy
- hu:Religion
- hu:Economics
- Ilocano terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Ilocano terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Ilocano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Ilocano terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Ilocano terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
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- Ilocano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ilocano lemmas
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- Italian terms derived from Chinese
- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ao
- Rhymes:Italian/ao/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
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- it:Philosophy
- Japanese non-lemma forms
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- Malagasy terms with IPA pronunciation
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- mi:Weapons
- Polish terms borrowed from Mandarin
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- Polish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/aɔ
- Rhymes:Polish/aɔ/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Philosophy
- pl:Taoism
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Samoan lemmas
- Samoan nouns
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili ma class nouns
- sw:Architecture
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔo
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔo/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Tagalog/o
- Rhymes:Tagalog/o/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
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- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog colloquialisms
- tl:Games
- Tagalog adjectives
- Tagalog terms with obsolete senses
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese pronouns
- Vietnamese familiar terms
- Vietnamese first person pronouns
- Vietnamese personal pronouns
- Yami terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Yami terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Yami terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Yami terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Yami terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Yami terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
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