ta

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Alternative formsEdit

• taa

InterjectionEdit

ta

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

TranslationsEdit

Usage notesEdit

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

See alsoEdit

• ta everso
• ta muchly

AnagramsEdit

• 'at, AT, at

ConjunctionEdit

ta

1. and

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ta/

NounEdit

ta

1. fire

VerbEdit

ta

1. third-person singular present indicative of tar

PronounEdit

ta (personal, long form tema)

1. he/she

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [tɛa]

PronounEdit

ta (demonstrative)

1. that, accusative singular female form of tann

   ta ferðina

   at that (certain) time

DeclensionEdit

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ta/

DeterminerEdit

ta f

1. your

Related termsEdit

External linksEdit

• “ta” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

AdverbEdit

ta

1. Indicates the conditional mood.

Alternative formsEdit

• ita

DeterminerEdit

ta

1. that

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.

RomanizationEdit

ta

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

Alternative formsEdit

• tämā

EtymologyEdit

Compare Estonian tema.

PronounEdit

ta

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

DeclensionEdit

See alsoEdit

• minā, ma
• sinā, sa

ReferencesEdit

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

CmavoEdit

ta (rafsi taz)

1. that; those

Related termsEdit

• ti
• tu

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ta]

DeterminerEdit

ta

1. nominative feminine singular of ten

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic أعطى (ʾaʿṭā, “to give”).

VerbEdit

ta (imperfect jagħti, past participle mogħti)

1. give

ConjugationEdit

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.

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

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• ta

  (file)

VerbEdit

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

1. to take (to grab with the hands)

Derived termsEdit

• motta
• overta

ReferencesEdit

• “ta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

PronunciationEdit

• ta

  (file)

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

PronounEdit

ta

1. that (which is female)

Related termsEdit

• to
• te
• tu

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

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

NounEdit

tā f (nominative plural tān)

1. toe

DescendantsEdit

• English: toe
• Scots: tae

DeterminerEdit

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

1. your (second-person singular possessive)

DescendantsEdit

• French: ta

VerbEdit

ta

1. is

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /t̪a/

PronounEdit

ta f

1. (demonstrative) this (nearby, feminine)

DeclensionEdit

See alsoEdit

• ten m
• to n

Etymology 2Edit

Shortened from tak.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /t̪a/, /t̪aː/

InterjectionEdit

ta

1. (colloquial) yes

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.

EtymologyEdit

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

NumeralEdit

ta

1. (cardinal) one

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *tъ.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈtáː/
• Tonal orthography: tȃ

DeterminerEdit

tá

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

DeclensionEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

• audio

  (file)

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

Alternative formsEdit

• taga (archaic)

AntonymsEdit

• (to grab): ge

Related termsEdit

• avta
• frita
• förta
• tillta
• återta
• överta
• tagning

See alsoEdit