Onto in different languages

Onto in Different Languages

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Onto


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Afrikaans
op
Albanian
mbi
Amharic
ላይ
Arabic
على
Armenian
վրա
Assamese
onto
Aymara
ukatsti
Azerbaijani
üzərinə
Bambara
kan
Basque
gainean
Belarusian
на
Bengali
উপর
Bhojpuri
पर बा
Bosnian
na
Bulgarian
върху
Catalan
a
Cebuano
ngadto sa
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Corsican
nantu
Croatian
na
Czech
na
Danish
Dhivehi
މައްޗަށް
Dogri
पर
Dutch
op
English
onto
Esperanto
sur
Estonian
peale
Ewe
ɖe edzi
Filipino (Tagalog)
papunta sa
Finnish
päälle
French
sur
Frisian
onto
Galician
en
Georgian
გადატანა
German
auf zu
Greek
επάνω σε
Guarani
ári
Gujarati
પર
Haitian Creole
sou
Hausa
uwa
Hawaiian
ma luna o
Hebrew
עַל גַבֵּי
Hindi
पर
Hmong
rua
Hungarian
-ra
Icelandic
inn á
Igbo
n'elu
Ilocano
onto
Indonesian
ke
Irish
isteach
Italian
su
Japanese
Javanese
menyang
Kannada
ಮೇಲೆ
Kazakh
үстінде
Khmer
លើ
Kinyarwanda
kuri
Konkani
onto
Korean
위에
Krio
onto
Kurdish
ser
Kurdish (Sorani)
لەسەر
Kyrgyz
көздөй
Lao
ໃສ່
Latin
onto
Latvian
uz
Lingala
likolo ya
Lithuanian
ant
Luganda
ku
Luxembourgish
op
Macedonian
кон
Maithili
पर
Malagasy
teo
Malay
ke
Malayalam
എന്നതിലേക്ക്
Maltese
fuq
Maori
ki runga
Marathi
वर
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
onto
Mizo
onto a ni
Mongolian
дээр
Myanmar (Burmese)
ပေါ်သို့
Nepali
मा
Norwegian
videre til
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kulowa
Odia (Oriya)
ଉପରେ
Oromo
irratti
Pashto
پر
Persian
به سوی
Polish
na
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
para
Punjabi
ਉੱਤੇ
Quechua
onto
Romanian
pe
Russian
на
Samoan
i luga
Sanskrit
onto इति
Scots Gaelic
air adhart
Sepedi
godimo ga
Serbian
на
Sesotho
kena
Shona
kupinda
Sindhi
تي
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
මතට
Slovak
na
Slovenian
na
Somali
dul
Spanish
sobre
Sundanese
kana
Swahili
kuingia
Swedish
till
Tagalog (Filipino)
papunta sa
Tajik
биронанд
Tamil
மீது
Tatar
өстенә
Telugu
పైకి
Thai
ไปยัง
Tigrinya
ኣብ ልዕሊኡ
Tsonga
ehenhla ka
Turkish
üstüne
Turkmen
üstüne
Twi (Akan)
onto
Ukrainian
на
Urdu
پر
Uyghur
ئۈستىدە
Uzbek
ustiga
Vietnamese
trên
Welsh
ymlaen
Xhosa
ungene
Yiddish
אַנטו
Yoruba
pẹlẹpẹlẹ
Zulu
ungene

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "op" can also mean "open" or "upwards".
AlbanianThe word "mbi" in Albanian is derived from the Proto-Albanian word *mbhi, meaning "above".
Amharic"Lay": in addition to meaning "onto", can mean "over" as in "he's standing over a cliff."
ArabicThe word "على" can also mean "over," "above," or "during" depending on the context.
ArmenianՎրա (vra) derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *uper, meaning 'on, over, above', and is related to the Latin super and the English over.
AzerbaijaniThe word "üzərinə" also means "against" or "in relation to" in Azerbaijani.
BasqueThe word "gainean" in Basque, besides meaning "onto", also means "on top of" or "above".
BelarusianIn some contexts, "на" can also mean "about" or "approximately."
Bengali"উপর" can also mean "over" or "above" in English
BosnianBosnian word "na" can also mean "at" or "by" and is a shortened form of "nad" or "nada" meaning "on" or "above".
BulgarianAs a preposition, "върху" can also mean "about" or "on the topic of."
CatalanIn Catalan, the word "a" can also mean "to", "at", or "in".
CebuanoIn Cebuano, "ngadto sa" can also mean "to become" or "to go to" when used in the context of a place or a state of being.
Chinese (Simplified)The character "到" is composed of the radicals "彳" (walking) and "止" (stop), indicating movement towards a destination.
Chinese (Traditional)In the sense of "to reach" or "to arrive", "到" is composed of the two radicals "行" (to walk) and "止" (to stop), indicating the end point of a journey.
CorsicanCorsican "nantu" comes from the preposition "inantu" which carries multiple meanings including "on".
CroatianThe word "na" also means "at" or "in" and can indicate direction, location, or time.
CzechThe word "na" can also mean "in", "at", "on", or "to" and is used in many compound words.
DanishThe word "på" can also mean "about" or "of" in Danish, and it comes from the Old Norse word "á".
DutchThe Dutch word "op" is also used in the sense of "open"}
EsperantoThe Esperanto word "sur" originally meant "above" or "over" in Volapük, a constructed language created by Johann Martin Schleyer in 1879.
EstonianThe word "peale" also means "after" and is cognate with the Finnish word "pääle" and Russian word "после".
Finnish"Päälle" also means "on" or "turned on" in Finnish.
FrenchThe French word "sur" also means "on, above, over, upon"
FrisianIn Frisian, "onto" can also mean "on" or "upon".
GalicianEn Galician, "en" can also mean "in", "within", or "during".
GermanThe phrase 'auf zu' is derived from the combination of the preposition 'auf' ('on', 'to') and the directional particle 'zu' ('toward', 'to'), indicating movement or direction toward an object or place.
GreekThe Greek phrase "επάνω σε" can also mean "above", "on top of", or "upon" depending on the context.
GujaratiThe Gujarati word 'પર' ('onto') can also be used to denote purpose or condition.
Haitian CreoleThe word "sou" in Haitian Creole also means "towards", "in the direction of", and "facing towards".
HausaThe word "uwa" in Hausa can also mean "over" or "above"
HawaiianMa is a preposition meaning on, upon or towards and Luna is a preposition meaning under, below or near.
HebrewThe word "עַל גַבֵּי" literally means "on the back of", from the root "גב" (back).
HindiThe word "पर" in Hindi can mean "in" or "on" depending on the context.
HmongThe Hmong word "rua" also means "to" or "towards".
HungarianThe word "-ra" is the suffix version of the noun "hely" meaning "place", and can also be used to mean "to" or "for".
IcelandicThe word 'inn á' can also be translated as 'in' or 'into', depending on context.
IgboThe Igbo word "n'elu" also means "heaven" or "sky".
IndonesianKe can also mean 'to' (a place) or 'towards' a destination or goal.
IrishThe word 'isteach' also means 'inside' or 'into'
ItalianThe word "su" also means "above" or "on top of" in Italian.
JapaneseThe kanji for に can also mean "in" and "towards."
JavaneseThe Javanese word "menyang" also has an alternate meaning of "through" or "into"
KannadaThe word "ಮೇಲೆ" also means "above" or "on top of" in Kannada.
KazakhThe word "үстінде" in Kazakh can also mean "on (a surface)", "above", or "over".
KhmerThe word "លើ" can also mean "about", "on", "over", and "above" in Khmer.
KoreanThe Korean word '위에' can also mean 'upon' or 'over' when describing the location of something.
KurdishThe word "ser" also means "self" or "oneself" in Kurdish.
KyrgyzThe word "көздөй" can also mean "towards" or "in the direction of" in Kyrgyz.
Lao" ใส่ (sày) originates from Thai ใส่ (sài) which has a range of meanings including: to wear, to put on, to install, to add, to include, to insert, to mount, to load, to charge, to fill, to fit, to put, to inject, to apply, to operate, to equip, to make."
LatinThe word "onto" in Latin derives from the Greek word "onta", meaning "being" or "things that are".
LatvianThe word “uz” is also used to indicate the approximate location of an object or the direction of movement.
LithuanianIn Lithuanian, the word "ant" not only means "onto" but also has the archaic meaning of "against" or "opposite to".
LuxembourgishThe word 'op' can also mean 'open' in Luxembourgish.
Macedonian"Кон" can also mean "towards", "against", or "in front of" in Macedonian.
MalagasyThe word "teo" in Malagasy can also mean "for" or "with".
MalayThe word 'ke' in Malay can also mean 'towards' or 'to'.
MalteseThe Maltese word "fuq" also means "over", "above", "on top of", or "upon".
MaoriAs an imperative, ki runga means 'ascend', and refers to an elevated position.
Marathi"वर" can also mean "on" or "upon", and is cognate with the Hindi word "par".
MongolianThe word 'дээр', which means 'onto', is also used to mean 'above', 'on', or 'in' in some contexts.
NepaliThe word 'मा' is also used in Nepali with the meaning 'in' or 'into' as in 'घरमा' (ghar-mā) meaning 'in the house'.
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "videre til" also means "next" in English, but specifically in the context of navigation or a series of actions.
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "kulowa" in Nyanja can also mean "upon" or "in respect to".
PashtoThe word "پر" in Pashto also means "up to" or "as far as".
PersianThe Persian word "به سوی" ("onto") can also be used to indicate direction or purpose.
PolishIn early Polish, "na" could also mean "against" or "in".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)In Portuguese, "para" can also mean "for" (purpose, destination), "by" (means, agent), or "in order to".
PunjabiThe word "ਉੱਤੇ" also suggests the idea of "upon" or "over", indicating a higher position or location.
RomanianThe word "pe" in Romanian also means "on" or "upon" and is derived from the Latin preposition "per".
RussianThe Russian word "на" can also mean "on", "at", "in", or "per".
SamoanThe word 'i luga' can also be translated as 'on' or 'at'.
Scots GaelicThe Scots Gaelic phrase "air adhart" has an alternate meaning of "openly or publicly"
Serbian"На" also means 'at' or 'in' in Serbian, depending on context.
SesothoThe word "kena" can also mean "to give" or "to place" in Sesotho.
ShonaThe word "kupinda" in Shona also means "to cross" or "to go over".
SindhiSindhi "تي" also means "so" and "in order to".
Sinhala (Sinhalese)"මතට" (matata) in Sinhala can also mean "upon", "over", "above", or "on top of".
SlovakThe word "na" in Slovak also means "upon", "to", or "in" when a movement is implied.
SlovenianThe word "na" in Slovenian also means "for" or "on" something (e.g. "na vrhu" = "on the top").
SomaliThe word "dul" in Somali can also mean "down" or "toward".
Spanish"Sobre" also means "envelope" or "about" in Spanish.
SundaneseIn Sundanese, "kana" also signifies a container that holds water
SwahiliThe Swahili word "kuingia" can also mean "to enter" or "to join."
SwedishThe Swedish word "till" can also mean "until" or "to" in English.
Tagalog (Filipino)The term "papunta sa" also carries the connotation of "towards" or "in the direction of" a particular location or destination
TajikThis Tajik word derives from two Persian words meaning “on” and “what” and can also mean “to” in the case of movement.
TamilThe word "மீது" can also mean "on top of", "above", or "over".
TeluguThe word "పైకి" can also mean "upwards" or "on top of".
ThaiThe word "ไปยัง" also means "to" and "until" when used with verbs of motion.
TurkishIn Turkish, "üstüne" also carries the meanings of "in addition", "moreover" and "on the top of"
UkrainianThe preposition "на" can also mean "about" or "on" in a temporal sense.
UrduThe word "پر" in Urdu, meaning "onto," evolved from the Sanskrit word "पर्यत" (paryata), meaning "along or around".
UzbekThe word “ustiga” in Uzbek is a derivative of the word “üst”, meaning “up” or “on top”.
VietnameseThe word "trên" derives from "trên trời," meaning "the sky," and has the connotation of moving to a higher position.
WelshThe Middle Welsh form of ymlaen, ymlan (‘before’; ‘in the presence of’), is attested in the pre-Old-Welsh *mlānos (“on’; of places)
XhosaUngena in Xhosa also has the alternate meaning of 'to put on'.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "אַנטו" ("onto") shares its origin with the German preposition "auf" and the Slavic preposition "na".
ZuluAlthough "ungene" means "onto" in Zulu, it is also used as the imperative form of the verb "to give".
EnglishThe word "onto" is derived from the Old English "on to," meaning "on the top of" or "in addition to."

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