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ta

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks.[1][2]

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /tɑː/
  • Audio (AU)
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  • Rhymes: -ɑː

InterjectionEdit

ta

  1. (colloquial, chiefly Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) Thanks.
    Ta for the cup of tea.
  2. (Canada, childish) give (imperative)
    Mommy needs the bottle back. Ta!
Usage notesEdit

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

TranslationsEdit
thanks — see thanks
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PrepositionEdit

ta

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

Etymology 3Edit

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.

NounEdit

ta (uncountable)

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

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “ta”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
  2. ^ "ta" in Oxford Living Dictionaries

AnagramsEdit

AbenakiEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ta

  1. and

Aghu TharrnggalaEdit

VerbEdit

ta

  1. see

Further readingEdit

  • Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

AmaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ta

  1. fire

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronounEdit

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

  1. feminine singular of tãu your

AsturianEdit

BassaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ta

  1. tip (extremity)

ReferencesEdit

BurushaskiEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ta (plural tamuts)

  1. tiger

ReferencesEdit

Sadaf Munshi (2015), “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎[1]

CebuanoEdit

PronounEdit

ta

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

ChineseEdit

PronounEdit

ta

  1. Alternative form of TA (tā).

CzechEdit

Dupaningan AgtaEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ta

  1. because

Eastern Huasteca NahuatlEdit

PronounEdit

ta

  1. second person; you (singular)\

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 feminine 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

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

ta f

  1. your

Related termsEdit

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person mon1 ma mes
Second person ton1 ta tes
Third person son1 sa ses
Plural First person notre nos
Second person votre2 vos2
Third person leur leurs
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.

Further readingEdit

Haitian CreoleEdit

AdverbEdit

ta

  1. Indicates the conditional mood.

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ta (plural ti)

  1. Alternative form of ita
    Ta esas plu forta, ma ca plu bela. ― That person is stronger, but this person is prettier.

DeterminerEdit

ta

  1. Alternative form of ita
    Ta kamizo esas verda. ― That shirt blue.

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 transcription of た
  2. Rōmaji transcription of タ

KikuyuEdit

ParticleEdit

ta (followed by noun or pronoun)

  1. like, as[1]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ “ta1” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 422. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Kuku-ThaypanEdit

VerbEdit

ta

  1. see

Further readingEdit

  • Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

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

Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

ta

  1. nominative feminine singular of ten

MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ta (imperfect jagħti, past participle mogħti)

  1. to 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

Derived termsEdit

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.

See alsoEdit

ManxEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

ta

  1. present indicative independent of bee

Mezquital OtomiEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ta

  1. father

SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tǎ

  1. a male animal
  2. an intact (not castrated) male animal

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

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

  1. to take (grab with the hands)
  2. to have
    ta en øl ― have a beer

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from ta

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

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

  1. Alternative form of taka

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from ta

NovialEdit

PronounEdit

ta

  1. that (which is female)

Related termsEdit

Old EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From earlier tāhæ, from Anglo-Frisian *taihǣ [ˈtɑi̯.xæː], from West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ. Cognate with Old Saxon tēha (Low German Teh), Old Dutch *tēa (Dutch teen), Old High German zēha (German Zehe), Old Norse tá (Swedish tå).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tā f (nominative plural tān)

  1. toe

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ta
Case Singular Plural
nominative tā tān
accusative tān tān
genitive tān tān
dative tān tām, tāum

DescendantsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

DeterminerEdit

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive)

DescendantsEdit

  • French: ta

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative forms
Alternative forms

AdjectiveEdit

ta

  1. that
  2. that one

DeclensionEdit

Declension table of "ta" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)so or sate
Accusative (second)taṃte
Instrumental (third)tenatehi or tebhi
Dative (fourth)tassatesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)tasmā or tamhā or tatotehi or tebhi
Genitive (sixth)tassatesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)tasmiṃ or tamhitesu
Declension table of "tā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)sātā
Accusative (second)taṃtā
Instrumental (third)tāyatāhi or tābhi
Dative (fourth)tāya or tassā or tissā or tissāyatāsaṃ or tāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)tāyatāhi or tābhi
Genitive (sixth)tāya or tassā or tissā or tissāyatāsaṃ or tāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)tāya or tāyaṃ or tissaṃtāsu
Declension table of "ta" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)taṃ or tadtāni
Accusative (second)taṃ or tadtāni
Instrumental (third)tenatehi or tebhi
Dative (fourth)tassatesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)tasmā or tamhā or tatotehi or tebhi
Genitive (sixth)tassatesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)tasmiṃ or tamhitesu

Usage notesEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

ta˚ in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese estar and Spanish estar and Kabuverdianu sta.

VerbEdit

ta

  1. to be
  2. is

PhuthiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

VerbEdit

-ta

  1. to come

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

PolishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ta f

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

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Shortened from tak.

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ta

  1. (colloquial) yes

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

ta

  1. feminine singular of tău your
    Dani are cartea ta.
    Dani has your book.

PronounEdit

ta f (possessive pronouns preceded by "a")

  1. yours (singular)

RotumanEdit

Rotuman cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ta

EtymologyEdit

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

NumeralEdit

ta

  1. one

San Pedro Amuzgos AmuzgoEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ta

  1. grandfather
  2. A respectful title for a man.

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ta

  1. full of weeds

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ta

  1. thick

Etymology 4Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ta (plural nta)

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

Etymology 5Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ta

  1. bunch (of bananas)

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *tъ.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

tȃ

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

InflectionEdit

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

SpanishEdit

InterjectionEdit

ta

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

SwaziEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

VerbEdit

-ta

  1. to come

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related termsEdit

SwedishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

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 (class 6 strong)
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

AntonymsEdit

  • (to grab): ge

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ta (咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

  1. (archaic, now literary) I; me
  2. we; us

Usage notesEdit

  • 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".

SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ta (咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

  1. (informal) "our", Vietnamese, as opposed to Tây (“Western”), Tàu (“Chinese”) or Xiêm (“Siamese”)
    Tết ta ― Vietnamese Lunar New Year

VolapükEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

ta

  1. against, opposed to, contrary to

Derived termsEdit

West FrisianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PrepositionEdit

ta

  1. (with nei) to
  2. (physically) up to, until
Further readingEdit
  • “ta”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2Edit

  This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.

AdjectiveEdit

ta

  1. closed, shut
InflectionEdit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further readingEdit
  • “ta”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

ZouEdit

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