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ta

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English

Etymology 1

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks.

Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

(colloquial, chiefly Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) Thanks.
(Canada, childish) give (imperative)

Usage notes

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

Translations

Etymology 2

Preposition

Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.

Etymology 3

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti. vowel changed to 'a' to signify a flattened note.

Noun

ta (uncountable)

(music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.

Synonyms

te
B-flat
li

References

Anagrams

'at, A-T, A/T, AT, at, at-

Abenaki

Conjunction

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʌ/

Determiner

tá

this, these (feminine; proximal to the speaker)

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil, L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), 2015

Aghu Tharrnggala

Verb

Ama

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Noun

fire

Angloromani

Alternative forms

da, te, ti

Etymology

From Romani thaj.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtʰə]

Conjunction

References

“ta” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

a ta
(a) tauã

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ta, from Latin tua, feminine of tuus. Compare Romanian ta.

Pronoun

ta f (masculine tãu, feminine plural tali or tale, masculine plural tãi)

feminine singular of tãu your

Asturian

Verb

third-person singular present indicative of tar

Basque

Conjunction

Alternative form of eta

Bassa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰa]

Noun

tip (extremity)

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bikol Central

Pronoun

by us, of us (including the person spoken to)
our

Synonym: niato

Conjunction

ta (tâ)

because

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t̪a]

Noun

ta (plural tamuts)

tiger

References

Sadaf Munshi, “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎^[3], 2015.

Cebuano

Pronoun

we, us (1st personal plural inclusive short absolutive form)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. Doublet of hit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæ/

Pronoun

we (inclusive)

Usage notes

ta is used solely as a subject of a transitive verb, while hit is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb.

References

Donald M. Topping, Chamorro Reference Grammar‎^[4], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press., 1973

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish está.

Adverb

Indicates the present tense.

Chinese

Pronoun

Alternative form of TA (tā).

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

singular feminine nominative of ten
plural neuter nominative of ten
plural neuter accusative of ten

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

Cognate with Vai ꕚꕌ (táá).

Verb

References

Dalby, T. D. P., “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, 1963, pages 50–54

Danish

Verb

Clipping of tage.

Dupaningan Agta

Conjunction

because

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

second person; you (singular)\

Estonian

Pronoun

ta (personal, long form tema)

he/she

Ewe

Noun

chapter
head (part of the body)

Verb

to castrate
to crawl (to move slowly on hands and knees)
to neuter

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tɛa]

Pronoun

ta (demonstrative)

that, accusative singular feminine form of tann

Declension

French

Etymology

From Old French ta, from Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Determiner

ta f

your

Related terms

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

Greenlandic

Interjection

Alternative spelling of taa

References

DAKA
Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl

Haitian Creole

Adverb

Indicates the conditional mood.

Hawaiian

Article

Niʻihau form of ka (“the”)

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

ta (plural ti)

Alternative form of ita (“that person, that thing”)

Determiner

Alternative form of ita

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese está (“is”), third-person singular present indicative of estar (“to be”).

Particle

forms the progressive aspect
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
  […] , que da-cá su quião que ta pertencê a êll.
  […] , to give him his share which belongs (literally: is belonging) to him.

Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of た
Rōmaji transcription of タ

Kaingang

Noun

rain

Kikuyu

Particle

ta (followed by noun or pronoun)

like, as

References

Kuku-Thaypan

Verb

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

-ta

to come

Livonian

Alternative forms

tämā

Etymology

Compare Estonian tema.

Pronoun

he, she; third-person pronoun, referring to someone other than the speaker or addressee

Declension

References

Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ta]

Determiner

nominative feminine singular of ten

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taː/
Homophones: ta' (general), taha (except nonstandard)

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَعْطَى‎ (ʾaʿṭā, “to give”).

Verb

ta (imperfect jagħti, past participle mogħti)

to give

Conjugation

Derived terms

ngħata

Etymology 2

Perhaps from taf (“you know”). Alternatively from Arabic تُرَى‎ (turā), dialectally also تَرَى‎ (tarā, “see?, ha?, what do you think?”).

Interjection

Postpositioned after a statement, used for minor emphasis.

Mandarin

Romanization

ta (Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄚ)

Nonstandard spelling of tā.
Nonstandard spelling of tá.
Nonstandard spelling of tǎ.
Nonstandard spelling of tà.

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.

Manx

Alternative forms

t’ (apocopic)

Etymology

From Old Irish at·tá, from Proto-Celtic *ad-tāyeti (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”)

Verb

present indicative independent of bee

Derived terms

Mezquital Otomi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Otomi *ta, from Proto-Otomian *ta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tá/, /tà/

Noun

father

Synonyms

dada

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tǎ/

Noun

tǎ

a male animal
an intact (not castrated) male animal

Derived terms

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German tag, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”). Cognate with German Tag, English day.

Noun

ta m

Related terms

References

“ta” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰɑː/

Verb

ta (imperative ta, present tense tar, passive tas, simple past tok, past participle tatt)

to take (grab with the hands)
to have

Derived terms

References

“ta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From earlier and Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- (“to touch”). Akin to English take.

Alternative forms

taka (long form with a- or split infinitive)
take (long form with e-infinitive)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑː/

Verb

ta (present tense tek or tar, past tense tok, supine teke or tatt, past participle teken or tatt, present participle takande, passive infinitive takast, imperative ta)

to take (to grab with the hands)
to catch (to capture)

Derived terms

Related terms

tak
-tekt

Etymology 2

Aasen, in his 1850 dictionary, lists it as a variant of ut-av. As such, the origin of this word is not to dissimilar from that of på (“on”) from Old Norse upp á. Other variants include tå.

Preposition

(dialectal) Nonstandard form of av.

Adverb

(dialectal) Nonstandard form of av.

References

“ta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

Old English

Alternative forms

tahe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑː/

Noun

tā f (nominative plural tān)

Declension

Descendants

English: toe
Scots: tae

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Determiner

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

your (second-person singular possessive)

Descendants

French: ta

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ta, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

(demonstrative) that
that one

Declension

Usage notes

The case form tad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

Synonyms

Derived terms

ta (“he, it, that one”)
tā (“she, it, that one”)

Pronoun

ta m

he, it, that one

Declension

Pronoun

ta n

Declension

Usage notes

The case form tad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

References

“ta˚”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary‎^[5], London: Chipstead, 1921-1925

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish estar and Portuguese estar and Kabuverdianu sta.

Verb

to be
is

Phalura

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Particle

ta (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling تہ)

Particle with different-subject marking function (variously corresponding to 'when, then, so (that), and')

References

Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem, Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[6], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, 2011, →ISBN

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

-ta

to come

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *ta, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

ta f

this (nearby, feminine)

Declension

Etymology 2

Shortened from tak.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/, /taː/

Interjection

(colloquial) yes

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɐ/

Contraction

Contraction of te a.

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ta, from Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/
Rhymes: -a

Determiner

feminine singular of tău your

Pronoun

ta f (possessive pronouns preceded by "a")

yours (singular)

Rotuman

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Numeral

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˥˩/

Noun

grandfather
A respectful title for a man.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa˥/

Adjective

full of weeds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˧/

Adjective

thick

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˩/

Noun

ta (plural nta)

fence, wall (of stakes, cane, or mud)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˩/

Noun

bunch (of bananas)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /táː/

Determiner

tȃ

this
(nonstandard) the (definite article)

Inflection

Spanish

Interjection

(Uruguay) Alternative spelling of tá (“okay”)

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

-ta

to come

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

-etama

Swedish

Alternative forms

taga (dated)

Etymology

Apocopic form of taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- (“to touch”). Cognate with English take.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑː/

Verb

ta (present tar, preterite tog, supine tagit, imperative ta)

take; to grab and move to oneself
to bring (along); to carry
steal
take; catch
take (control over)
take; make use of
take, pick; to choose
take; to manage; to be able to handle
take; to endure
take; to ingest a medicine or a drug
take (a course); to enroll
take (a test)
take, capture; remove one of the opponent's pieces (e.g. in chess)
take; beat; be victorious
(reflexive) to start burning; to go from embers into open flames
(reflexive) (about a plant) take; thrive, persist
take; to have sex with forcefully
accept (as means of payment)
take, to last (an amount of time)

Conjugation

Antonyms

(to grab): ge

Derived terms

Related terms

tagning

Anagrams

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

to come

Turkish

Interjection

(colloquial) (Adds emphasis to the measurement of a distance).

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Munsee táa (“emphatic”).

Particle

indeed, definitely

adds emphasis to a statement or command.

References

Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L., “ta”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary‎^[7], The Lenape Language Preservation Project, 2005

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [taː˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taː˧˧]

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 咱 (“I; me, we; us”, SV: cha).

Pronoun

ta • (咱, 喒, 些, 𢧲, 偺)

(archaic, now literary) I; me
we; us

Usage notes

It is a good idea to use ta to translate the English "generic you (anyone)". Also compare French on (“we/us; one; you”).
ta (“I; me”) is now only used especially in literary or translation works, to convey hostility between the characters, as alternatives (such as tao) may sound awkward or too rough, especially if the age difference between characters is significant (one translation, such as that of Beyblade, may use tao for conversations between children of about the same age, but ta if there is such a difference). It is used in conjunction with mi (informal) or ngươi (formal) for "you".

Synonyms

tôi; tui
min
tao; tau

Adjective

ta • (咱, 喒, 些, 𢧲, 偺)

(informal) "our", Vietnamese, as opposed to Tây (“Western”), Tàu (“Chinese”) or Xiêm (“Siamese”)

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Preposition

against, opposed to, contrary to

Derived terms

taan

Welsh

Etymology

Derived ultimately from bynnag (“-ever”). Initially, bynnag began preceding rather than following the word it qualfied, so beth bynnag (“whatever”) became bynnag beth. A sound change meant bynnag started to be pronounced as gynnag, whereupon the phrase was reanalysed as gan nag, a southern colloquial form of gan nad, literally "since (that) not". The inconsistency of this phrase being negative in structure but affirmative in meaning led nag (“that not”) to be replaced with corresponding affirmative taw (“that”), so gan nag beth became gan taw beth. The initial gan was subsequently dropped and the pronunciation of taw /tau̯/ reduced to ta /ta/ as is common speech, leaving such forms as ta beth (“whatever”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Particle

(South Wales, colloquial) -ever follows interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns
Synonym: bynnag

Derived terms

ta beth (“whatever”)
ta ble (“wherever”)
ta faint (“however many”)
ta pryd (“whenever”)
ta pwy (“whoever, whomever”)

References

West Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian to, from Proto-Germanic *tō.

Preposition

(with nei) to
(physically) up to, until

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

closed, shut

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Zou

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta˧/

Adjective

hard

References

Lukram Himmat Singh, A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, 2013, page 44

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ta

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

Usage notes

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Preposition

Etymology 3

Noun

Synonyms

References

Anagrams

Abenaki

Conjunction

Afar

Pronunciation

Determiner

See also

References

Aghu Tharrnggala

Verb

Further reading

Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

Angloromani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Conjunction

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

Asturian

Verb

Basque

Conjunction

Bassa

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Bikol Central

Pronoun

Conjunction

Burushaski

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Cebuano

Pronoun

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

Chamorro

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

See also

References

Chavacano

Etymology

Adverb

Chinese

Pronoun

Czech

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

Verb

References

Danish

Verb