different between tao vs toa

English

Alternative forms

• dao

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese ? (Dào, literally “the Way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/, /ta?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Proper noun

tao

1. (Chinese philosophy) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature, or way to live one's life.

Noun

tao (usually uncountable, plural taos)

1. (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.

   Synonym: zen

   the tao of archery

2. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.

See also

• ananke

Anagrams

• AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, To'a, oat, toa

Bikol Central

Verb

taó

1. to give

Butuanon

Noun

tao

1. person; human

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?o?/, [?t??o?(?)]
• Rhymes: -?o
• Syllabification: ta?o

Verb

tao

1. inflection of takoa:
   1. indicative present connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (dào).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?o/, [?t??o?]
• Rhymes: -?o
• Syllabification: ta?o

Noun

tao

1. tao

Declension

Anagrams

• oat, ota

French

Noun

tao m (plural taos)

1. (philosophy) Tao

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?o?]
• Hyphenation: tao
• Rhymes: -o?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin ? (dào, “way, path”).

Noun

tao

1. tao

Declension

Derived terms

• taoista
• taoizmus

Etymology 2

Abbreviation from the name of the act on társasági adó és osztalékadó (“corporate tax and dividend tax”).

Noun

tao

1. Acronym of társasági adó és osztalékadó.

Declension

Derived terms

• taózás
• taózik

References

Ilocano

Noun

tao

1. person
2. human

Italian

Alternative forms

• dao

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese ? (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.o/
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: tà?o

Noun

tao m (invariable)

1. (philosophy) Tao

Derived terms

• taoismo
• taoista

Japanese

Romanization

tao

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta?uq. Compare Indonesian taruh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to]

Noun

tao

1. act, action
2. preparation

Verb

tao

1. to do
2. to prepare, arm, take precautions

Related terms

Mandarin

Romanization

tao

1. Nonstandard spelling of t?o.
2. Nonstandard spelling of táo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of t?o.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tào.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maori

Noun

tao

1. spear

Samoan

Noun

tao

1. spear

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

tao (ma class, plural matao)

1. arch

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tauo, tau (obsolete)
• tawo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Tagalog tawo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognate with Thao caw, Ilocano tao, Cebuano tawo, and Motu tau.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?ta.?o/
• Hyphenation: ta?o

Noun

tao

1. human, human being, person, man
2. one of the faces of a coin

   Synonym: tihaya

3. husband
4. a person left alone in a place as a guard or caretaker

   Synonyms: bantay, tanod

Related terms

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ta.??o/

Adjective

taó

1. (archaic) mortal

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) tau

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *so? (“I; me”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ta?w??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ta?w??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ta?w??]

Pronoun

tao • (?, ?, ????)

1. (impolite, familiar, disrepectful or hostile) I/me

   Antonyms: mày, mi

Yami

Noun

tao

1. person; human

English

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

toa (plural toas)

1. A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori toa.

Noun

toa (plural toas)

1. (New Zealand) A brave warrior.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Maori toa.

Noun

toa (countable and uncountable, plural toas)

1. A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood.

Anagrams

• AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, TAO, Tao, oat, tao

Asturian

Determiner

toa f

1. feminine singular of tou

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Pronoun

toa f (masculine to)

1. your; second-person feminine singular possessive pronoun

Ese

Noun

toa

1. water

References

• Jim and Judy Parlier. Managalasi phonology. 2008 [1963].

Estonian

Noun

toa

1. genitive singular of tuba

Fijian

Noun

toa

1. fowl

Galician

Etymology

Attested circa 1450. From toar, from Old French toer, from Old Norse toga, from Proto-Germanic *tug?n? (“to pull”). Compare English tow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?toa?/

Noun

toa f (plural toas)

1. towrope

Derived terms

• á toa

References

• “toa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “toa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “toa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “toa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “toa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

toa

1. (transitive) to measure the length, weight
2. (intransitive) to be nice.
3. to be delicious

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon?^[6], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 388

Indonesian

Etymology

A genericized trademark of the Japanese trademark TOA, from the first two characters (??(???) (t?a, “East Asia”))) of its former name (??????).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?toa]
• Hyphenation: toa

Noun

toa (first-person possessive toaku, second-person possessive toamu, third-person possessive toanya)

1. (dialect, informal) sound system, including megaphone.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toqa (compare Hawaiian koa).

Adjective

toa

1. brave

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tow.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?to.?/

Noun

toa f (plural toas)

1. rope

   Synonym: sirga

Related terms

• à toa

Rarotongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *toa (compare Hawaiian koa), from Proto-Oceanic *toRas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teRas (compare Indonesian teras).

Noun

toa

1. A tree with dark-colored, hard wood, Casuarina equisetifolia.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-toa (infinitive kutoa)

1. to give (out), put out
2. to produce
3. to publish
4. to offer

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tolea
  • Causative: -toza
  • Passive: -tolewa
  • Reciprocal: -toana
  • Stative: -toleka

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of toalett

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tu??a/

Noun

toa c

1. (colloquial) toilet, loo

Declension

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [twa???]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [twa???]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [t???a???]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

toa

1. a railroad car

Etymology 2

From Min Nan ?. Compare Thai ???? (dt?ua), Khmer ?? (tu?).

Noun

toa

1. (medicine, pharmacy) a prescription

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French toi.

Pronoun

toa

1. (obsolete, humorous) you

See also

• moa