ta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

Contents

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Alternative formsEdit

• taa

InterjectionEdit

ta

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

   Ta for the cup of tea.‎

TranslationsEdit

thanks — see thanks

Usage notesEdit

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

See alsoEdit

• ta everso
• ta muchly

Etymology 2Edit

PrepositionEdit

ta

1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing dialects including African American Vernacular English, Cockney, Irish English and Northern England English.

AnagramsEdit

• 'at, AT, at

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AbenakiEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ta

1. and

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AmaEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ta/

NounEdit

ta

1. fire

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AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• a ta
• (a) tauã

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

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AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

ta

1. third-person singular present indicative of tar

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CzechEdit

PronounEdit

ta

1. singular feminine nominative of ten
2. plural neuter nominative of ten
3. plural neuter accusative of ten

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Dupaninan AgtaEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ta

1. because

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EstonianEdit

PronounEdit

ta ‎(personal, long form tema)

1. he/she

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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

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FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [tɛa]

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

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ta/

DeterminerEdit

ta f

1. 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

External linksEdit

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

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Haitian CreoleEdit

AdverbEdit

ta

1. Indicates the conditional mood.

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ta/

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.

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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.

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

ta

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

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LivonianEdit

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

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

• 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

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LojbanEdit

CmavoEdit

ta ‎(rafsi taz)

1. that; those

Related termsEdit

• ti
• tu

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Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ta]

DeterminerEdit

ta

1. nominative feminine singular of ten

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MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic أَعْطَى ‎(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

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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.

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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

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

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, passive tas, simple past tok, past participle tatt)

1. to take (to grab with the hands)
2. to have

   ta en øl - have a beer

Derived termsEdit

• anta
• avtagbar, avtakbar
• foreta
• frata
• gjenta
• godta
• innta
• ivareta

• motta
• overta
• påta, påtatt
• ta opp
• tiltak
• unnta
• vedta
• voldta

ReferencesEdit

• “ta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

• ta

  (file)

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

• påtatt

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NovialEdit

PronounEdit

ta

1. that (which is female)

Related termsEdit

• to
• te
• tu

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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

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

NounEdit

tā f ‎(nominative plural tān)

1. toe

DescendantsEdit

• English: toe
• Scots: tae

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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

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PapiamentuEdit

VerbEdit

ta

1. is

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PolishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /t̪a/

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	te
instrumental	tą	tymi
locative	tej	tych
vocative	—	—

See alsoEdit

• ten m
• to n

Etymology 2Edit

Shortened from tak.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /t̪a/, /t̪aː/

InterjectionEdit

ta

1. (colloquial) yes

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -a

DeterminerEdit

ta

1. feminine singular of tău your

   Dani are cartea ta.‎

   Dani has your book.

PronounEdit

ta f ‎(possessive pronouns)

1. (preceded by "a") yours (singular)

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RotumanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NumeralEdit

ta

1. (cardinal) one

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SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *tъ.

PronunciationEdit

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

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

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SwedishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• taga (dated)

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

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

AntonymsEdit

• (to grab): ge

Related termsEdit

• tagning

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from ta

• återta
• avta
• fan ta dig
• fan ta er
• förta
• frita
• överta
• satan ta dig
• satan ta er
• ta anställning
• ta ansvar
• ta åt sig
• ta av
• ta av daga
• ta av sig
• ta avsked
• ta beslut
• ta betalt
• ta bort
• ta det lugnt
• ta emot
• ta emot sig
• ta examen
• ta fart
• ta farväl
• ta för givet
• ta för sig
• ta fram
• ta hand om
• ta hänsyn
• ta helst
• ta hem

• ta hus i helvete
• ta i
• ta ifrån
• ta igen sig
• ta in
• ta initiativ
• ta lån
• ta lätt på
• ta livet av
• ta med
• ta musten ur någon
• ta ned
• ta ner
• ta och
• ta om
• ta över
• ta på
• ta på allvar
• ta på bar gärning
• ta på sig
• ta på skoj
• ta plats
• ta sats
• ta sig an
• ta sig för
• ta sig före
• ta sig fram
• ta sig i arslet
• ta sig i baken
• ta sig igenom
• ta sig in

• ta sig i röven
• ta sig över
• ta sig samman
• ta sig till
• ta sig ton
• ta sig upp
• ta sig ur
• ta sig ut
• ta sig vatten över huvudet
• ta sikte
• ta sikte på
• ta sitt förnuft till fånga
• ta skydd
• ta ställning
• ta studenten
• 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 vägen
• ta vara på
• tillta

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

PronounEdit

ta ‎(咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

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

SynonymsEdit

• tôi; tui
• min
• tao; tau

AntonymsEdit

• ngươi; mi (1)
• mình (2)

AdjectiveEdit

ta ‎(咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

1. (informal) Vietnamese

   Tết ta‎ ― Vietnamese Lunar New Year

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VolapükEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): ta

PrepositionEdit

ta

1. against, opposed to, contrary to

Derived termsEdit

• taan