ຕາ

Lao

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [taː˩(˧)]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [taː˩˨]
• Hyphenation: ຕາ
• Rhymes: -aː

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā), Bouyei dal, Zhuang da. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”).

Noun

ຕາ • (tā)

1. eye

Derived terms

• ຕາເວັນ (tā wen, “sun”)
• ຕາແດງ (tā dǣng, “pinkeye, pink-eye; conjunctivitis”)
• ຕາແກ້ວ (tā kǣu, “supernatural vision”)
• ພັບຕາ (phap tā, “to blink”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Thai ตา (dtaa), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa), Bouyei dal, Zhuang da.

Noun

ຕາ • (tā)

1. maternal grandfather

Etymology 3

From Thai ตรา (dtraa).

Noun

ຕາ • (tā)

1. seal; stamp; crest; brand

Verb

ຕາ • (tā) (abstract noun ການຕາ)

1. to mark
2. to apply a seal

Derived terms

• ເງິນຕາ (ngœn tā)

Further reading

• Kerr, Allen (1972) Lao-English Dictionary‎^[1], Catholic University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• tā (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ता (Devanagari script)
• তা (Bengali script)
• තා (Sinhalese script)
• တာ or တႃ (Burmese script)
• ตา (Thai script)
• ᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• តា (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ຕາ

1. (demonstrative) Lao script form of tā, which is nominative/accusative plural feminine of ຕ (ta, “those”)
2. (demonstrative) Lao script form of tā, which is nominative/accusative plural feminine of ຕະ (ta, “those”)

Pronoun

ຕາ f

1. (demonstrative) Lao script form of tā (“her”)

Declension

With implicit vowels

Declension table of "ຕາ" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ສາ (sā)	ຕາ (tā)
Accusative (second)	ຕໍ (taṃ)	ຕາ (tā)
Instrumental (third)	ຕາຍ (tāya)	ຕາຫິ (tāhi) or ຕາຠິ (tābhi)
Dative (fourth)	ຕາຍ (tāya) or ຕສ຺ສາ (tassā) or ຕິສ຺ສາ (tissā) or ຕິສ຺ສາຍ (tissāya)	ຕາສໍ (tāsaṃ) or ຕາສານໍ (tāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ຕາຍ (tāya)	ຕາຫິ (tāhi) or ຕາຠິ (tābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ຕາຍ (tāya) or ຕສ຺ສາ (tassā) or ຕິສ຺ສາ (tissā) or ຕິສ຺ສາຍ (tissāya)	ຕາສໍ (tāsaṃ) or ຕາສານໍ (tāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ຕາຍ (tāya) or ຕາຍໍ (tāyaṃ) or ຕິສສໍ (tisasaṃ)	ຕາສຸ (tāsu)

Without implicit vowels

Declension table of "ຕາ" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ສາ (sā)	ຕາ (tā)
Accusative (second)	ຕັງ (taṃ)	ຕາ (tā)
Instrumental (third)	ຕາຍະ (tāya) or ຕາຢະ (tāya)	ຕາຫິ (tāhi) or ຕາພິ (tābi) or ຕາຠິ (tābhi) or ຕາພ຺ິ (tābhi)
Dative (fourth)	ຕາຍະ (tāya) or ຕາຢະ (tāya) or ຕັສສາ (tassā) or ຕິສສາ (tissā) or ຕິສສາຍະ (tissāya) or ຕິສສາຢະ (tissāya)	ຕາສັງ (tāsaṃ) or ຕາສານັງ (tāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ຕາຍະ (tāya) or ຕາຢະ (tāya)	ຕາຫິ (tāhi) or ຕາພິ (tābi) or ຕາຠິ (tābhi) or ຕາພ຺ິ (tābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ຕາຍະ (tāya) or ຕາຢະ (tāya) or ຕັສສາ (tassā) or ຕິສສາ (tissā) or ຕິສສາຍະ (tissāya) or ຕິສສາຢະ (tissāya)	ຕາສັງ (tāsaṃ) or ຕາສານັງ (tāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ຕາຍະ (tāya) or ຕາຢະ (tāya) or ຕາຍັງ (tāyaṃ) or ຕາຢັງ (tāyaṃ) or ຕິສສັງ (tissaṃ)	ຕາສຸ (tāsu)