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bato

See also: Bato, bato-, Bāto, Ba Tô, and Ba Tơ
Languages (32)
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Aklanon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

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bato

  1. stone

Alangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun

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bató

  1. stone
  2. (anatomy) kidney

Antillean Creole

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Etymology

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From French bateau.

Noun

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bato

  1. boat

Awabakal

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Noun

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bato

  1. water
    Synonyms: kokoin, yarro
    • 1892, An Australian Language as Spoken by the Awabakal‎[1] (in English):
      Bato, m., water

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Bikol Central

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧to
  • IPA(key): /baˈto/ [baˈto]

Noun

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bató (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

  1. (anatomy) kidney
  2. (Daet) rock; stone
    Synonym: gapo
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧to
  • IPA(key): /ˈbatoʔ/ [ˈba.toʔ]

Noun

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batò (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

  1. cue ball
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Caló

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Noun

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bato m (plural batuces)

  1. father
    Synonyms: batico, (affectionate) dada

References

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  • “bato” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 18.
  • “bato” in Flamenco - Caló, El Flamenco.
  • “bato” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Catalan

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bato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of batre

Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Compare Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu and Maori whatu.

The sense of "kidney" is a semantic loan from Tagalog bato.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧to
  • IPA(key): /baˈto/ [bɐˈt̪o]

Noun

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bató

  1. stone; pebble, rock, or boulder
  2. gem
  3. (medicine) kidney stone
    Synonym: bato sa rinyon
  4. (medicine) gallstone
    Synonym: bato sa apdo
  5. piece in chess, checkers, sungka or similar games
  6. (bingo) token
  7. flint of a lighter
  8. (anatomy) kidney
    Synonyms: amimislon, rinyon
Quotations
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:bato.

Verb

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bató

  1. to harden into stone
  2. to stand motionless
  3. to put stones into jewelry
  4. to use something as a sinker
  5. to strike the flint of a lighter
  6. to stone
  7. to line with stones
  8. (by extension) to hurl an object at someone or something
  9. to throw out a question
  10. to embroil; to cause to be involved

Adjective

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bató

  1. stone
  2. concrete (made of concrete)
  3. stonehard
  4. rocklike; stonelike

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧to
  • IPA(key): /ˈbato/ [ˈba.t̪o]

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bato

  1. to borrow money
  2. to buy something for credit

Erromintxela

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Caló bato.

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Noun

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bato

  1. father

References

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  • Alexandre Baudrimont (1862) “bato”, in Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les pays basques français [Vocabulary of the language of the Roma living in the French Basque Country], Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou, →OCLC

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From bati +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbato]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: ba‧to

Noun

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bato (accusative singular baton, plural batoj, accusative plural batojn)

  1. blow, hit, strike, stroke (physical attack, punch)
    Synonym: frapo

Galician

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bato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bater

Gun

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Etymology

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Likely from French bateau

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Noun

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bato (plural bato lɛ́ or bato lẹ́)

  1. ship

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French bateau (“boat”).

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bato

  1. boat, ship
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Higaonon

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Noun

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bato

  1. stone, rock

Hiligaynon

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

Noun

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bató

  1. rock, stone, cobble

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bató

  1. to stone

Etymology 2

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Noun

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báto

  1. a complete thing, the whole
  2. a piece of anything that is round or cubic in shape

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bátò

  1. to resist or oppose
  2. to rise up
  3. to backtalk

Ido

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbato/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: ba‧to

Noun

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bato (plural bati)

  1. beating

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

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bato

  1. rock, stone, cobble

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin batus, from Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos), from Biblical Hebrew בַּת (bat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈba.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: bà‧to

Noun

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bato m (plural bati)

  1. (historical) bath (unit of liquid measure)

Further reading

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  • bato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /baˈto/ [bʌˈto]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: ba‧to

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bató

  1. rock; stone

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Unknown; possibly of onomatopoeic origin.[1]

Documented in a glossary from the late eighth century, which translates batat (“yawns”) as the Anglo-Saxon ginath[2] (= Old English ġinaþ).

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Verb

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batō (present infinitive batāre, perfect active batāvī, supine batātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to yawn
  2. to gape open
Conjugation
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   Conjugation of batō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present batō batās batat batāmus batātis batant
imperfect batābam batābās batābat batābāmus batābātis batābant
future batābō batābis batābit batābimus batābitis batābunt
perfect batāvī batāvistī batāvit batāvimus batāvistis batāvērunt,
batāvēre
pluperfect batāveram batāverās batāverat batāverāmus batāverātis batāverant
future perfect batāverō batāveris batāverit batāverimus batāveritis batāverint
passive present bator batāris,
batāre 		batātur batāmur batāminī batantur
imperfect batābar batābāris,
batābāre 		batābātur batābāmur batābāminī batābantur
future batābor batāberis,
batābere 		batābitur batābimur batābiminī batābuntur
perfect batātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect batātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect batātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present batem batēs batet batēmus batētis batent
imperfect batārem batārēs batāret batārēmus batārētis batārent
perfect batāverim batāverīs batāverit batāverīmus batāverītis batāverint
pluperfect batāvissem batāvissēs batāvisset batāvissēmus batāvissētis batāvissent
passive present bater batēris,
batēre 		batētur batēmur batēminī batentur
imperfect batārer batārēris,
batārēre 		batārētur batārēmur batārēminī batārentur
perfect batātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect batātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — batā — — batāte —
future — batātō batātō — batātōte batantō
passive present — batāre — — batāminī —
future — batātor batātor — — batantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives batāre batāvisse batātūrum esse batārī batātum esse batātum īrī
participles batāns — batātūrus — batātus batandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
batandī batandō batandum batandō batātum batātū
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: badar
  • Old French: beer (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: badar
  • Romagnol: abadêr
  • Vulgar Latin: *exbatāre

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “batare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 287
  2. ^ Hessels, John Henry. 1906. A late eighth-century Latin-Anglo-Saxon glossary preserved in the library of the Leiden University. Cambridge University Press. Page 69.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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batō

  1. dative/ablative singular of batus

Lingala

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Noun

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bato class 2

  1. plural of moto

Mansaka

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Etymology

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From batu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

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bato

  1. stone

Maranao

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

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bato

  1. stone; rock
  2. (gambling) chips

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Masbatenyo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

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bató

  1. stone; rock

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French bateau.

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bato

  1. boat

References

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  • Phillip Baker, Vinesh Y. Hookoomsing (1987) Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français (in French)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Hyphenation: ba‧to

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bato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bater

Ratagnon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

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bató

  1. stone

Sambali

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

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bató

  1. stone; rock

Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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From French bateau.

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bato

  1. boat

References

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  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbato/ [ˈba.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: ba‧to

Etymology 1

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Probably from Ancient Greek βάττος (báttos, “stutterer”), of imitative origin. See also βατταλογέω (battalogéō, “to stammer”), English bay4 (“to bark, bay, howl”).[1]

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bato m (plural batos)

  1. (dated) dork, dimwit
  2. (Latin America, informal) young man, youth
  3. (Mexico, colloquial) chump, punk
  4. (Mexico, colloquial) dude, guy, buddy

Etymology 2

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From Caló bato.

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bato m (plural batos)

  1. (Spain, slang) father
    Synonyms: padre, papá, jefe

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bato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of batir

References

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  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Compare Bikol Central bato, Capiznon bato, Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Niuean patu, Pangasinan bato, Ratagnon bato, Sundanese ᮘᮒᮥ (batu), and Waray-Waray bato.

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /baˈto/ [bɐˈt̪o] (“stone; kidney; gallstone; gem; knot in wood; act of throwing; bored person; (slang) meth”, noun)
    • IPA(key): /ˈbatoʔ/ [ˈbaː.t̪oʔ] (“chief piece in a game of native quoits called tangga”, noun)
  • Syllabification: ba‧to

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bató (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

  1. stone
    Synonym: piyedra
  2. (anatomy) kidney
    Synonym: rinyon
  3. gallstone
  4. gem; jewel
    Synonym: hiyas
  5. knot in wood
  6. act of throwing something
    Synonyms: tapon, hagis, itsa, balibag, salya
  7. (idiomatic, colloquial) bored person
  8. (slang) methamphetamine
    Synonyms: agimat, shabu

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batò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

  1. chief piece in a game of native quoits called tangga

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bató (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

  1. (figurative) stingy; miserly
  2. (figurative) stubborn; unyielding
  3. (figurative) numb
  4. (idiomatic, colloquial) bored

Further reading

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  • “bato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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Ternate

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Adverb

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bato

  1. only, exclusively
    haka ngori maobo bato ― give me only the bone
  2. just, merely
    ana isedu bato ― they just joked

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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