kate
English
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Two kates
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
Basque
Etymology
From older katea, with the final -a reinterpreted as being the definite article, from Proto-Basque *katena, from Latin catēna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kate/ [ka.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ate
- Hyphenation: ka‧te
Declension
Declension of kate (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | kate | katea | kateak |
| ergative | katek | kateak | kateek |
| dative | kateri | kateari | kateei |
| genitive | kateren | katearen | kateen |
| comitative | katerekin | katearekin | kateekin |
| causative | katerengatik | katearengatik | kateengatik |
| benefactive | katerentzat | katearentzat | kateentzat |
| instrumental | katez | kateaz | kateez |
| inessive | katetan | katean | kateetan |
| locative | katetako | kateko | kateetako |
| allative | katetara | katera | kateetara |
| terminative | katetaraino | kateraino | kateetaraino |
| directive | katetarantz | katerantz | kateetarantz |
| destinative | katetarako | katerako | kateetarako |
| ablative | katetatik | katetik | kateetatik |
| partitive | katerik | — | — |
| prolative | katetzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- kate motz
- kate motzean
- kate-maila (“link of a chain”)
- kateamendu (“concatenation”)
- katean (“chained”)
- kateatu (“to chain”)
- kateatze
- katebegi (“link of a chain”)
- kategintza
- kateko txakur
- kateorratz (“safety pin”)
- katetan (“imprisoned”)
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kat'ëk, equivalent to kattaa (“to cover”) + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑteˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪e̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑte
- Syllabification(key): ka‧te
Noun
kate
- covering, roofing
- Synonym: peite
- (finance) funds (of a check), backing (of a banknote)
- (finance) contribution margin, coverage, margin
- (figuratively) reliability, trustworthiness (e.g. of a promise)
- Hänen lupauksillaan ei yleensä ole katetta.
- It's normal that he does not keep his promises.
- place setting, table setting (items of cutlery, crockery and glassware etc., arranged for a person at a dining table)
- (medicine) plaque
- (agriculture) mulch (any material used to cover the top layer of soil)
Declension
| Inflection of kate (Kotus type 48*C/hame, tt-t gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kate | katteet | ||
| genitive | katteen | katteiden katteitten | ||
| partitive | katetta | katteita | ||
| illative | katteeseen | katteisiin katteihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kate | katteet | ||
| accusative | nom. | kate | katteet | |
| gen. | katteen | |||
| genitive | katteen | katteiden katteitten | ||
| partitive | katetta | katteita | ||
| inessive | katteessa | katteissa | ||
| elative | katteesta | katteista | ||
| illative | katteeseen | katteisiin katteihin | ||
| adessive | katteella | katteilla | ||
| ablative | katteelta | katteilta | ||
| allative | katteelle | katteille | ||
| essive | katteena | katteina | ||
| translative | katteeksi | katteiksi | ||
| abessive | katteetta | katteitta | ||
| instructive | — | kattein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
adjectives
nouns
compounds
- aluskate
- harjakate
- harsokate
- huopakate
- kateaine
- katealunen
- katehuopa
- katelaatta
- katelautanen
- kateleipä
- kateliina
- katemuovi
- katepelti
- katepisto
- katepäre
- katesauma
- katetiili
- katetuotto
- katevaade
- katevaatimus
- katevaraus
- kateviljely
- kultakate
- käyttökate
- lautakate
- myyntikate
- olkikate
- paanukate
- peltikate
- pärekate
- rakennuskate
- setelinkate
- suojakate
- tiilikate
- tuohikate
- turvekate
- varauskate
- vesikate
- viljelykate
- vuosikate
- yläkate
Further reading
- “kate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kat'ëk, equivalent to kattaa (“to cover”) + -e. Cognates include Finnish kate and Estonian kate.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑte/, [ˈkɑte̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑte/, [ˈkɑd̥e̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑte
- Hyphenation: ka‧te
Declension
| Declension of kate (type 6/lähe, tt-t gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kate | katteet |
| genitive | katteen | kattein |
| partitive | katetta | katteita |
| illative | katteesse | katteisse |
| inessive | kattees | katteis |
| elative | katteest | katteist |
| allative | katteelle | katteille |
| adessive | katteel | katteil |
| ablative | katteelt | katteilt |
| translative | katteeks | katteiks |
| essive | katteenna, katteen | katteinna, kattein |
| exessive1) | katteent | katteint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 119
Karelian
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐˈtʲɛ] (instrumental singular)
- IPA(key): [ˈkaːtʲɛ] (vocative singular)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- kato (Latin script)
- 𑀓𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- कतो (Devanagari script)
- কতো (Bengali script)
- කතො (Sinhalese script)
- ကတော or ၵတေႃ (Burmese script)
- กโต or กะโต (Thai script)
- ᨠᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ກໂຕ or ກະໂຕ (Lao script)
- កតោ (Khmer script)
- 𑄇𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)
Volapük
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