ta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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Particularly: “Perhaps from the hard-T Irish pronunciation of thanks?”

PronunciationEdit

Alternative formsEdit

InterjectionEdit

ta

  1. (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) Thanks.

TranslationsEdit

thanks — see thanks

Usage notesEdit

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

AbenakiEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ta

  1. and

AmaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ta

  1. fire

AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

ta

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tar

EsperantoEdit

NounEdit

ta (plural ta-oj, accusative singular ta-on, accusative plural ta-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.

See alsoEdit

EstonianEdit

PronounEdit

ta (personal, long form tema)

  1. he/she

EweEdit

NounEdit

ta

  1. chapter
  2. head (part of the body)

VerbEdit

ta

  1. to castrate
  2. to crawl (to move slowly on hands and knees)
  3. to neuter

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ta (demonstrative)

  1. that, accusative singular female form of tann
    ta ferðina
    at that (certain) time

DeclensionEdit

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) tann (sá)† tann (sú)† tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) tann ta (tí)
Dative (hvørjumfall) tí (tann) tí / teirri tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) tess teirrar tess
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) teir (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum
Genitive (hvørsfall) teirra

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

ta f (singular)

  1. (possessive) your

Related termsEdit

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine —
Possessor Singular First person mon ma mes
Second person ton ta tes
Third person son sa ses
Plural First person notre nos
Second person votre vos
Third person leur leurs


Haitian CreoleEdit

AdverbEdit

ta

  1. Indicates the conditional mood.

IdoEdit

Alternative formsEdit

DeterminerEdit

ta

  1. that

Indo-PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

ParticleEdit

ta

  1. 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.

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

ta

  1. rōmaji reading of た
  2. rōmaji reading of タ

LivonianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Estonian tema.

PronounEdit

ta

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

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ta
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) tämā
ta		 ne
genitive (genitīv) täm nänt
partitive (partitīv) tǟnda nēḑi
dative (datīv) tämmõn näntõn
tän
instrumental (instrumentāl) tämkõks näntkõks
illative (illatīv) tämmõ
tämmõz		 nēži
inessive (inesīv) tämsõ nēši
elative (elatīv) tämstõ nēšti

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, ISBN: 978-9984-49-730-3

LojbanEdit

CmavoEdit

ta (rafsi taz)

  1. that; those

Related termsEdit

Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

ta f

  1. nominative feminine singular of ten

MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic أعطى (ʾaʿṭā, “to give”).

VerbEdit

ta (imperfect jagħti, past participle mogħti)

  1. give

ConjugationEdit

conjugation of ta
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
jien(a) int(i) hu(wa) hi(ja) aħna intom huma
perfect tajt tajt ta tat tajna tajtu taw
imperfect nagħti tagħti jagħti tagħti nagħtu tagħtu jagħtu
imperative agħti agħtu

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

ta (Zhuyin ㄊㄚ˙)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tā.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tá.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tà.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

ManxEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

ta

  1. independent present indicative of bee

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ta (present tense tar; past tense tok; past participle tatt)

  1. take (to grab with the hands)

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. Alternative form of taka.

NovialEdit

PronounEdit

ta

  1. that (which is female)

Related termsEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ. Cognate with Middle Dutch tee (Dutch teen), Old High German zēha (German Zeh, Zehe), Old Norse tá (Swedish tå).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tā f (nominative plural tān)

  1. toe

DescendantsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

PronounEdit

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

DescendantsEdit

  • French: ta

PapiamentuEdit

VerbEdit

ta

  1. is

PolishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ta f

  1. (demonstrative) this (nearby, feminine)
DeclensionEdit
    declension of ta
singular plural
nominative ta te
genitive tej tych
dative tej tym
accusative tę (tą) te
instrumental tą tymi
locative tej tych
vocative – –

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Shortened from tak.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ta

  1. (colloquial) yes

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

ta

  1. feminine singular form of tău
    Dani are cartea ta
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Dani has your book.

RotumanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NumeralEdit

ta

  1. (cardinal) one

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From:

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

tá

  1. this
  2. (nonstandard) the (definite article)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ta (irregular)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative tá tá tó
accusative nominativeinan or genitiveanim tó tó
genitive téga té téga
dative tému tèj tému
locative tém tèj tém
instrumental tém tó tém
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative tá tí tí
accusative tá tí tí
genitive téh téh téh
dative téma téma téma
locative téh téh téh
instrumental téma téma téma
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative tí té tá
accusative té té tá
genitive téh téh téh
dative tém tém tém
locative téh téh téh
instrumental témi témi témi

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ta

  1. take; to grab and move to oneself
  2. to bring (along); to carry
  3. steal
    Inbrottstjuven hade tagit allting.
    The burglar had taken everything.
  4. take; catch
    Inbrottstjuven togs genast.
    The burglar was taken immediately.
  5. take (control over)
  6. take; make use of
    Karl tar cykeln till jobbet.
    Karl takes the bike to work.
  7. take, pick; to choose
    Vilket alternativ tar du?
    Which option do you choose?
  8. take; to manage; to be able to handle
  9. take; to endure
  10. take; to ingest a medicine or a drug
  11. take (a course); to enroll
  12. take (a test)
  13. take; remove one of the opponents pieces (in certain kind of board games, such as chess)
  14. take; beat; be victorious
  15. (reflexive) to start burning
  16. (reflexive) to burn more intensely or hotter; to go from embers into open flames
  17. (reflexive) (about a plant) take; thrive, persist
  18. take; to have sex with forcefully
  19. accept (as means of payment)
    Tar ni kort här?
    Do you accept credit cards?
  20. take, to last (an amount of time)
    Resan tar en timme.
    The trip will take an hour.

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of ta
Active Passive
Infinitive ta tas
Present tense tar tas
Past tense tog togs
Supine tagit tagits
Imperative ta —
Present participle tagande
Past participle tagen
Conjugation of taga (somewhat dated)
Active Passive
Infinitive taga tagas
Present tense tager tages
Past tense tog togs
Supine tagit tagits
Imperative tag —
Present participle tagande
Past participle tagen

Alternative formsEdit

AntonymsEdit

  • (to grab): ge

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

  • ta livet av
  • ta lån
  • ta lätt på
  • ta med
  • ta musten ur någon
  • ta ned / ta ner
  • ta och... (+ another verb)
  • ta om
  • ta plats
  • ta på
  • ta på allvar
  • ta på bar gärning
  • ta på sig
  • ta på skoj
  • ta sats
  • ta sig an
  • ta sig fram
  • ta sig för / ta sig före
  • ta sig igenom
  • ta sig i röven / ta sig i baken / ta sig i arslet (vulgar)
  • ta sig in
  • ta sig samman
  • ta sig till
  • ta sig ton
  • ta sig upp
  • ta sig ur
  • ta sig ut
  • ta sig vatten över huvudet
  • ta sig över
  • ta sikte, ta sikte på
  • ta sitt förnuft till fånga
  • ta skydd
  • ta studenten
  • ta ställning
  • ta tag i
  • ta telefonen
  • ta tiden
  • ta tid på sig
  • ta till
  • ta till sig
  • ta tillvara
  • ta timeout
  • ta ton
  • ta upp
  • ta ut
  • ta ut i förskott
  • ta ut sig
  • ta vara på
  • ta vägen
  • ta åt sig
  • ta över
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