Bato

See also: bato, bato-, and Bāto

English

Proper noun

Bato

1. A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

Further reading

Bato, Camarines Sur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• BOAT, Tabo, atob, boat

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Baton

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Bato m

1. a male given name

Bikol Central

Proper noun

Bato

1. A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

Cebuano

Etymology

From bato.

Proper noun

Bato

1. a male given name from Cebuano
2. A municipality of Leyte
3. A barangay of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, Davao Region, Philippines

Latin

Etymology

Of Illyrian origin; compared to the root of Latin battuo (“I beat”) (Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab”)) or for (“I speak”) (Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈba.to/, [ˈbät̪ɔ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.to/, [ˈbäːt̪o]

Proper noun

Bato m sg (genitive Batois); third declension

1. A chieftain of the Illyrians

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bato
genitive	Batois
dative	Batoī
accusative	Batoem
ablative	Batoe
vocative	Bato

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Bikol Central Bato, from bato.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [bɐˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: Ba‧to
• Homophone: bato

Proper noun

Bató (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

1. A municipality of Camarines Sur, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines
2. A municipality of Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
3. A lake in Camarines Sur, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines
4. A barangay of Maripipi, Biliran, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
5. A barangay of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, Davao Region, Philippines
6. a surname

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bato is the 942^nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,138 individuals.