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kato.

crop failure, failure of crops

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑto/[ˈkɑ̝t̪o̞]
  1. crop failure, failure of crops

  2. loss, disappearance, lack (used primarily in compound terms)

    yleisökato
  3. loss, omission, elision

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kato, from the same root as *katodak (see kadota).

intj/ˈkɑtoˣ/[ˈkɑ̝t̪o̞(ʔ)]
  1. see, look

    colloquial · dialectal
    Se on kato sillä lailla.
    Kato nääs! / Kato kato!
Where this word comes from

A dialectal or colloquial 2nd person imperative present of katsoa (“to look”). The corresponding infinitive is kattoa.

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