awto

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish auto, clipping of automóvil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔawto/ [ˈʔaʊ̯.to]
• Hyphenation: aw‧to

Noun

áwto (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. automobile, car

   Synonym: kotse

2. vehicle

   Synonyms: behikulo, lunadan, sakayan

Derived terms

• mag-awto

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Final clipping of English automobile, from French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”) (from Latin mobilis (“movable”)).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: aw‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔawto/ [ˈʔaʊ̯.t̪o]

Noun

awto

1. automobile, car

   Synonym: kotse

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Auto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈawtɔ/

Noun

awto n

1. car (automobile)

Declension

Declension of awto

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	awto	awśe	awta
Genitive	awta	awtowu	awtow
Dative	awtoju, awtu	awtoma	awtam
Accusative	awto	awśe	awta
Instrumental	awtom	awtoma	awtami
Locative	awśe	awtoma	awtach

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “awto”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• oto

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish auto, short for automóvil.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔawto/ [ˈʔaʊ̯.t̪o], (colloquial) /ˈʔoto/ [ˈʔoː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -awto
• Syllabification: aw‧to

Noun

awto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. automobile; car

   Synonyms: awtomobil, kotse, sasakyan

Related terms

• awtomobil

 

References

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

Anagrams

• tawo

Upper Sorbian

čerwjene awto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Auto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈawtɔ/
• Rhymes: -awtɔ
• Hyphenation: aw‧to
• Syllabification: aw‧to

Noun

awto n or m inan (related adjective awtowy)

1. automobile, car (wheeled vehicle for transporting people or things)

   Synonym: awtomobil

   • 1951, Richard Iselt, Z brěmješka dopomnjenkow, Budyšin: Domowina; quoted in Uni Leipzig, Korpus: Upper Sorbian, "awtach":

     Wjeseleše so po tym na sportnych awtach.

     She was looking forward to the sports cars afterwards.

Usage notes

Although the original gender in German is masculine, it was necessary to convert it to neuter to make it declinable, but the masculine gender is still used colloquially.

Declension

Neuter:

Declension of awto (neuter hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	awto	awće	awta
genitive	awta	awtow	awtow
dative	awtu	awtomaj	awtam
accusative	awto	awće	awta
instrumental	awtom	awtomaj	awtami
locative	awće	awtomaj	awtach
vocative	awto	awće	awta

Masculine (colloquial):

Declension of awto (neuter hard stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	awto	awtaj	awty
genitive	awta	awtow	awtow
dative	awtej	awtomaj	awtam
accusative	awto	awtaj	awty
instrumental	awtom	awtomaj	awtami
locative	awće	awtomaj	awtach
vocative	awto	awtaj	awty

Derived terms

nouns

• sportowy awto m inan

 

References

• “awto” in Soblex