taka

See also: Taka, tåka, and taka-

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English

Etymology

From Bengali টাকা (ṭaka)

Noun

taka (plural takas)

1. The official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paise. Symbol: ৳

Translations

national currency of Bangladesh

• Arabic: تَاكَا‎ f (tākā)
• Bengali: টাকা (ṭaka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔卡 (tǎkǎ)

• French: taka (fr) m
• German: Taka m
• Hindi: टाका (hi) m (ṭākā)
• Hungarian: taka (hu)

• Japanese: タカ (ja) (taka)
• Korean: 타카 (taka)
• Malay: taka
• Marathi: टाका m (ṭākā)
• Polish: taka (pl) f
• Portuguese: taka (pt) m
• Russian: та́ка (ru) f (táka)
• Urdu: ٹاکا‎ m (ṭākā)

Anagrams

• kata

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɛaːʰka/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰka

Verb

taka (third person singular past indicative tók, third person plural past indicative tóku, supine tikið)

1. to take

Conjugation

   Conjugation of taka

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infinitive	taka
present participle	takandi
past participle a26	tikin
supine	tikið
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	taki	tekur	tekur	taka
past	tók	tók(st)	tók	tóku
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	tak!	—	takið!

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taka.

Noun

taka

1. (rare, poetic) the backside.
2. In the expression omasta takaa the word refers to self-support.

   Meillä on lakanat omasta takaa. = We have our own bedsheets.

   Hyvä, että meillä on juomavettä omasta takaa! = Good that we have our own supply of drinking water!

Declension

Declension of taka noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative taka- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive takaa – sublative – – accusative – – lative (taas) – inessive – – temporal taannoin – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – takaisin allative – – prolative taitse – essive takana – situative – – translative taa taakse – oppositive – – instructive – – abessive – – comitative – –

The cases of taka- serve in modern Finnish only as postpositions and adverbs.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• adjectives: taempi, takainen, takimmainen
• adverbs: see the inflection table.
• nouns: taus, tausta

• prefixes: taka-
• verbs: taantua, taata, taeta, taittaa, taittua

Anagrams

• Kata, akat, kata

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese atacado.

Noun

taka

1. fat

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaːka/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːka

Etymology 1

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

Verb

taka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative tók, third-person plural past indicative tóku, supine tekið)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to take (an object)
   • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)

     Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.

     If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

   Ég ætla að taka bílinn.

   I'm going to take the car.

   Hún var að fara að taka veskið þitt!

   She was about to take your purse!

2. (transitive, with accusative) to seize, to capture
3. (transitive, with accusative) to take (time, measure)

   Viltu að ég taki tímann?

   Do you want me to take the time?

4. (transitive, with accusative) to get, to obtain
5. (transitive, with accusative) to take (undergo), e.g. an exam
6. (transitive, with accusative or dative) to accept, to take
7. (transitive, with accusative) to hold, to contain, to take

   Völlurinn tekur tíu þúsund áhorfenda.

   The stadium holds ten thousand spectators.

Conjugation

taka — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að taka
supine (sagnbót)		tekið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		takandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég tek	við tökum	present (nútíð)	ég taki	við tökum
	þú tekur	þið takið		þú takir	þið takið
	hann, hún, það tekur	þeir, þær, þau taka		hann, hún, það taki	þeir, þær, þau taki
past (þátíð)	ég tók	við tókum	past (þátíð)	ég tæki	við tækjum
	þú tókst	þið tókuð		þú tækir	þið tækjuð
	hann, hún, það tók	þeir, þær, þau tóku		hann, hún, það tæki	þeir, þær, þau tækju
imperative (boðháttur)	tak (þú)	takið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	taktu	takiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

takast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að takast
supine (sagnbót)		tekist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		takandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég tekst	við tökumst	present (nútíð)	ég takist	við tökumst
	þú tekst	þið takist		þú takist	þið takist
	hann, hún, það tekst	þeir, þær, þau takast		hann, hún, það takist	þeir, þær, þau takist
past (þátíð)	ég tókst	við tókumst	past (þátíð)	ég tækist	við tækjumst
	þú tókst	þið tókust		þú tækist	þið tækjust
	hann, hún, það tókst	þeir, þær, þau tókust		hann, hún, það tækist	þeir, þær, þau tækjust
imperative (boðháttur)	takst (þú)	takist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	takstu	takisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

tekinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tekinn	tekin	tekið		teknir	teknar	tekin
accusative (þolfall)	tekinn	tekna	tekið		tekna	teknar	tekin
dative (þágufall)	teknum	tekinni	teknu		teknum	teknum	teknum
genitive (eignarfall)	tekins	tekinnar	tekins		tekinna	tekinna	tekinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tekni	tekna	tekna		teknu	teknu	teknu
accusative (þolfall)	tekna	teknu	tekna		teknu	teknu	teknu
dative (þágufall)	tekna	teknu	tekna		teknu	teknu	teknu
genitive (eignarfall)	tekna	teknu	tekna		teknu	teknu	teknu

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Ég ætla að taka þáttinn upp.

• endurtaka

  I’m going to record the show.

• margendurtaka

• taka til
• taka upp (to record)
• taka þátt

Related terms

• tak

Etymology 2

From the verb taka.

Noun

taka f (genitive singular töku, nominative plural tökur)

1. taking, capture
2. (law) the capture and claiming of ownership of previously unowned property
3. (film, usually in the plural) video capture, filming
4. (film) take (attempt to record a scene)

Declension

declension of taka

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taka	takan	tökur	tökurnar
accusative	töku	tökuna	tökur	tökurnar
dative	töku	tökunni	tökum	tökunum
genitive	töku	tökunnar	taka/takna	takanna/taknanna

Etymology 3

Inflected form of tak (“grip, grasp”).

Noun

taka n

1. indefinite genitive plural of tak

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Japanese

Romanization

taka

1. Rōmaji transcription of たか
2. Rōmaji transcription of タカ

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Latvian

Noun

taka f (4th declension)

1. path
2. pathway
3. footpath
4. track
5. trail

Declension

Declension of taka (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	taka	takas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	taku	takas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	takas	taku
dative (datīvs)	takai	takām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	taku	takām
locative (lokatīvs)	takā	takās
vocative (vokatīvs)	taka	takas

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• takene

Noun

taka n

1. definite plural of tak

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːkɑ/

Noun

taka n

1. definite plural of tak

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• take
• ta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tɑːkɑ/

Verb

taka (present tense tek, past tense tok, past participle teke, passive infinitive takast, present participle takande, imperative tak)

1. to take (to grab with the hands)
2. to catch (to capture)

Derived terms

• overtaka

References

• “taka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

taka (singular past indicative tók, plural past indicative tóku, past participle tekit)

1. to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of taka — active (strong class 6)

infinitive	taka
present participle	takandi
past participle	tekinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	tek	tók
2nd-person singular	tekr	tókt
3rd-person singular	tekr	tók
1st-person plural	tǫkum	tókum
2nd-person plural	takið	tókuð
3rd-person plural	taka	tóku
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	taka	tœka
2nd-person singular	takir	tœkir
3rd-person singular	taki	tœki
1st-person plural	takim	tœkim
2nd-person plural	takið	tœkið
3rd-person plural	taki	tœki
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	tak
1st-person plural	tǫkum
2nd-person plural	takið

Conjugation of taka — mediopassive (strong class 6)

infinitive	takask
present participle	takandisk
past participle	tekizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	tǫkumk	tókumk
2nd-person singular	teksk	tókzk
3rd-person singular	teksk	tóksk
1st-person plural	tǫkumsk	tókumsk
2nd-person plural	takizk	tókuzk
3rd-person plural	takask	tókusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	tǫkumk	tœkumk
2nd-person singular	takisk	tœkisk
3rd-person singular	takisk	tœkisk
1st-person plural	takimsk	tœkimsk
2nd-person plural	takizk	tœkizk
3rd-person plural	takisk	tœkisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	taksk
1st-person plural	tǫkumsk
2nd-person plural	takizk

Descendants

• Danish: tage (Old Danish taka, takæ, taghæ)
• Faroese: taka
• Icelandic: taka

• Norwegian Bokmål: ta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: taka, take, ta
• → Old English: tacan
  • Middle English: taken
    • English: take
• Swedish: taga, ta (Old Swedish taka, tagha)

Noun

taka f (genitive tǫku)

1. taking, capture (of a fortress; prisoner)
2. taking, seizing (of property)
3. revenue

Declension

  Declension of taka (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taka	takan	tǫkur	tǫkurnar
accusative	tǫku	tǫkuna	tǫkur	tǫkurnar
dative	tǫku	tǫkunni	tǫkum	tǫkunum
genitive	tǫku	tǫkunnar	takna	taknanna

References

• taka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• taka in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on taka.

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Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• tagha

Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną.

Verb

taka

1. to touch, reach
2. to grasp, seize
3. to take, bring
4. to demand
5. to remove
6. to beset, attack
7. to encounter, meet

Conjugation

Conjugation of taka (strong)

	present			past
infinitive	taka			—
participle	takandi, takande			takin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	taker	taki, take	—	tōk	tōki, tōke
þū	taker	taki, take	tak	tōkt	tōki, tōke
han	taker	taki, take	—	tōk	tōki, tōke
vīr	takum, takom	takum, takom	takum, takom	tōkum, tōkom	tōkum, tōkom
īr	takin	takin	takin	tōkin	tōkin
þēr	taka	takin	—	tōku, -o	tōkin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	taks	takis, takes	—	tōks	tōkis, tōkes
þū	taks	takis, takes	—	tōkts	tōkis, tōkes
han	taks	takis, takes	—	tōks	tōkis, tōkes
vīr	takums, -oms	takums, takoms	—	tōkums, tōkoms	tōkums, tōkoms
īr	takins	takins	—	tōkins	tōkins
þēr	takas	takins	—	tōkus, tōkos	tōkins

Descendants

• Swedish: ta, taga

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ka/

Pronoun

taka

1. feminine nominative singular of taki
2. feminine vocative singular of taki

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Portuguese

Noun

taka m (plural takas)

1. taka (currency of Bangladesh)

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Quechua

Noun

taka

1. punch, blow, collision
2. fist

Declension

declension of taka

	singular	plural
nominative	taka	takakuna
accusative	takata	takakunata
dative	takaman	takakunaman
genitive	takap	takakunap
locative	takapi	takakunapi
terminative	takakama	takakunakama
ablative	takamanta	takakunamanta
instrumental	takawan	takakunawan
comitative	takantin	takakunantin
abessive	takannaq	takakunannaq
comparative	takahina	takakunahina
causative	takarayku	takakunarayku
benefactive	takapaq	takakunapaq
associative	takapura	takakunapura
distributive	takanka	takakunanka
exclusive	takalla	takakunalla

possessive forms of taka

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	takay	takaykuna
accusative	takayta	takaykunata
dative	takayman	takaykunaman
genitive	takaypa	takaykunap
locative	takaypi	takaykunapi
terminative	takaykama	takaykunakama
ablative	takaymanta	takaykunamanta
instrumental	takaywan	takaykunawan
comitative	takaynintin	takaykunantin
abessive	takayninnaq	takaykunannaq
comparative	takayhina	takaykunahina
causative	takayrayku	takaykunarayku
benefactive	takaypaq	takaykunapaq
associative	takaypura	takaykunapura
distributive	takayninka	takaykunanka
exclusive	takaylla	takaykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	takayki	takaykikuna
accusative	takaykita	takaykikunata
dative	takaykiman	takaykikunaman
genitive	takaykipa	takaykikunap
locative	takaykipi	takaykikunapi
terminative	takaykikama	takaykikunakama
ablative	takaykimanta	takaykikunamanta
instrumental	takaykiwan	takaykikunawan
comitative	takaykintin	takaykikunantin
abessive	takaykinnaq	takaykikunannaq
comparative	takaykihina	takaykikunahina
causative	takaykirayku	takaykikunarayku
benefactive	takaykipaq	takaykikunapaq
associative	takaykipura	takaykikunapura
distributive	takaykinka	takaykikunanka
exclusive	takaykilla	takaykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	takan	takankuna
accusative	takanta	takankunata
dative	takanman	takankunaman
genitive	takanpa	takankunap
locative	takanpi	takankunapi
terminative	takankama	takankunakama
ablative	takanmanta	takankunamanta
instrumental	takanwan	takankunawan
comitative	takanintin	takankunantin
abessive	takanninnaq	takankunannaq
comparative	takanhina	takankunahina
causative	takanrayku	takankunarayku
benefactive	takanpaq	takankunapaq
associative	takanpura	takankunapura
distributive	takaninka	takankunanka
exclusive	takanlla	takankunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	takanchik	takanchikkuna
accusative	takanchikta	takanchikkunata
dative	takanchikman	takanchikkunaman
genitive	takanchikpa	takanchikkunap
locative	takanchikpi	takanchikkunapi
terminative	takanchikkama	takanchikkunakama
ablative	takanchikmanta	takanchikkunamanta
instrumental	takanchikwan	takanchikkunawan
comitative	takanchiknintin	takanchikkunantin
abessive	takanchikninnaq	takanchikkunannaq
comparative	takanchikhina	takanchikkunahina
causative	takanchikrayku	takanchikkunarayku
benefactive	takanchikpaq	takanchikkunapaq
associative	takanchikpura	takanchikkunapura
distributive	takanchikninka	takanchikkunanka
exclusive	takanchiklla	takanchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	takayku	takaykukuna
accusative	takaykuta	takaykukunata
dative	takaykuman	takaykukunaman
genitive	takaykupa	takaykukunap
locative	takaykupi	takaykukunapi
terminative	takaykukama	takaykukunakama
ablative	takaykumanta	takaykukunamanta
instrumental	takaykuwan	takaykukunawan
comitative	takaykuntin	takaykukunantin
abessive	takaykunnaq	takaykukunannaq
comparative	takaykuhina	takaykukunahina
causative	takaykurayku	takaykukunarayku
benefactive	takaykupaq	takaykukunapaq
associative	takaykupura	takaykukunapura
distributive	takaykunka	takaykukunanka
exclusive	takaykulla	takaykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	takaykichik	takaykichikkuna
accusative	takaykichikta	takaykichikkunata
dative	takaykichikman	takaykichikkunaman
genitive	takaykichikpa	takaykichikkunap
locative	takaykichikpi	takaykichikkunapi
terminative	takaykichikkama	takaykichikkunakama
ablative	takaykichikmanta	takaykichikkunamanta
instrumental	takaykichikwan	takaykichikkunawan
comitative	takaykichiknintin	takaykichikkunantin
abessive	takaykichikninnaq	takaykichikkunannaq
comparative	takaykichikhina	takaykichikkunahina
causative	takaykichikrayku	takaykichikkunarayku
benefactive	takaykichikpaq	takaykichikkunapaq
associative	takaykichikpura	takaykichikkunapura
distributive	takaykichikninka	takaykichikkunanka
exclusive	takaykichiklla	takaykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	takanku	takankukuna
accusative	takankuta	takankukunata
dative	takankuman	takankukunaman
genitive	takankupa	takankukunap
locative	takankupi	takankukunapi
terminative	takankukama	takankukunakama
ablative	takankumanta	takankukunamanta
instrumental	takankuwan	takankukunawan
comitative	takankuntin	takankukunantin
abessive	takankunnaq	takankukunannaq
comparative	takankuhina	takankukunahina
causative	takankurayku	takankukunarayku
benefactive	takankupaq	takankukunapaq
associative	takankupura	takankukunapura
distributive	takankunka	takankukunanka
exclusive	takankulla	takankukunalla

See also

• takay

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Swahili

Noun

taka (n class, plural taka)

1. dirt

Verb

-taka (infinitive kutaka)

1. to want
2. be about to (followed by an imperative or bare verb stem)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taka
Non-finite forms
Form					Positive							Negative
Infinitive					kutaka							kutotaka
Simple finite forms
Positive form					Singular							Plural
Imperative					taka							takeni
Habitual					hutaka
Complex finite forms
Polarity	Persons				Persons / Classes		Classes
	1st		2nd		3rd / M-wa		M-mi		Ma		Ki-vi		N		U	Ku	Pa	Mu
	Sg.	Pl.	Sg.	Pl.	Sg. / 1	Pl. / 2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11 / 14	15 / 17	16	18
Past Positive nilitaka nalitaka tulitaka twalitaka ulitaka walitaka mlitaka mwalitaka alitaka walitaka ulitaka ilitaka lilitaka yalitaka kilitaka vilitaka ilitaka zilitaka ulitaka kulitaka palitaka mulitaka Relative niliotaka naliotaka tuliotaka twaliotaka uliotaka waliotaka mliotaka mwaliotaka aliotaka waliotaka uliotaka iliotaka liliotaka yaliotaka kiliotaka viliotaka iliotaka ziliotaka uliotaka kuliotaka paliotaka muliotaka Negative sikutaka hatukutaka hukutaka hamkutaka hakutaka hawakutaka haukutaka haikutaka halikutaka hayakutaka hakikutaka havikutaka haikutaka hazikutaka haukutaka hakukutaka hapakutaka hamukutaka
Present Positive ninataka nataka tunataka unataka mnataka anataka wanataka unataka inataka linataka yanataka kinataka vinataka inataka zinataka unataka kunataka panataka munataka Relative ninaotaka naotaka tunaotaka unaotaka mnaotaka anaotaka wanaotaka unaotaka inaotaka linaotaka yanaotaka kinaotaka vinaotaka inaotaka zinaotaka unaotaka kunaotaka panaotaka munaotaka Negative sitaki hatutaki hutaki hamtaki hataki hawataki hautaki haitaki halitaki hayataki hakitaki havitaki haitaki hazitaki hautaki hakutaki hapataki hamutaki
Future Positive nitataka tutataka utataka mtataka atataka watataka utataka itataka litataka yatataka kitataka vitataka itataka zitataka utataka kutataka patataka mutataka Relative nitakaotaka tutakaotaka utakaotaka mtakaotaka atakaotaka watakaotaka utakaotaka itakaotaka litakaotaka yatakaotaka kitakaotaka vitakaotaka itakaotaka zitakaotaka utakaotaka kutakaotaka patakaotaka mutakaotaka Negative sitataka hatutataka hutataka hamtataka hatataka hawatataka hautataka haitataka halitataka hayatataka hakitataka havitataka haitataka hazitataka hautataka hakutataka hapatataka hamutataka
Subjunctive Positive nitake tutake utake mtake atake watake utake itake litake yatake kitake vitake itake zitake utake kutake patake mutake Negative nisitake tusitake usitake msitake asitake wasitake usitake isitake lisitake yasitake kisitake visitake isitake zisitake usitake kusitake pasitake musitake
Present Conditional Positive ningetaka tungetaka ungetaka mngetaka angetaka wangetaka ungetaka ingetaka lingetaka yangetaka kingetaka vingetaka ingetaka zingetaka ungetaka kungetaka pangetaka mungetaka Negative nisingetaka singetaka tusingetaka hatungetaka usingetaka hungetaka msingetaka hamngetaka asingetaka hangetaka wasingetaka hawangetaka usingetaka haungetaka isingetaka haingetaka lisingetaka halingetaka yasingetaka hayangetaka kisingetaka hakingetaka visingetaka havingetaka isingetaka haingetaka zisingetaka hazingetaka usingetaka haungetaka kusingetaka hakungetaka pasingetaka hapangetaka musingetaka hamungetaka
Past Conditional Positive ningalitaka tungalitaka ungalitaka mngalitaka angalitaka wangalitaka ungalitaka ingalitaka lingalitaka yangalitaka kingalitaka vingalitaka ingalitaka zingalitaka ungalitaka kungalitaka pangalitaka mungalitaka Negative nisingalitaka singalitaka tusingalitaka hatungalitaka usingalitaka hungalitaka msingalitaka hamngalitaka asingalitaka hangalitaka wasingalitaka hawangalitaka usingalitaka haungalitaka isingalitaka haingalitaka lisingalitaka halingalitaka yasingalitaka hayangalitaka kisingalitaka hakingalitaka visingalitaka havingalitaka isingalitaka haingalitaka zisingalitaka hazingalitaka usingalitaka haungalitaka kusingalitaka hakungalitaka pasingalitaka hapangalitaka musingalitaka hamungalitaka
Conditional Contrary to Fact Positive ningelitaka tungelitaka ungelitaka mngelitaka angelitaka wangelitaka ungelitaka ingelitaka lingelitaka yangelitaka kingelitaka vingelitaka ingelitaka zingelitaka ungelitaka kungelitaka pangelitaka mungelitaka
General Relative Positive nitakao tutakao utakao mtakao atakao watakao utakao itakao litakao yatakao kitakao vitakao itakao zitakao utakao kutakao patakao mutakao Negative nisiotaka tusiotaka usiotaka msiotaka asiotaka wasiotaka usiotaka isiotaka lisiotaka yasiotaka kisiotaka visiotaka isiotaka zisiotaka usiotaka kusiotaka pasiotaka musiotaka
Gnomic Positive nataka twataka wataka mwataka ataka wataka wataka yataka lataka yataka chataka vyataka yataka zataka wataka kwataka pataka mwataka
Perfect Positive nimetaka tumetaka umetaka mmetaka ametaka wametaka umetaka imetaka limetaka yametaka kimetaka vimetaka imetaka zimetaka umetaka kumetaka pametaka mumetaka
"Already" Positive nimeshataka tumeshataka umeshataka mmeshataka ameshataka wameshataka umeshataka imeshataka limeshataka yameshataka kimeshataka vimeshataka imeshataka zimeshataka umeshataka kumeshataka pameshataka mumeshataka
"Not yet" Negative sijataka hatujataka hujataka hamjataka hajataka hawajataka haujataka haijataka halijataka hayajataka hakijataka havijataka haijataka hazijataka haujataka hakujataka hapajataka hamujataka
"If/When" Positive nikitaka tukitaka ukitaka mkitaka akitaka wakitaka ukitaka ikitaka likitaka yakitaka kikitaka vikitaka ikitaka zikitaka ukitaka kukitaka pakitaka mukitaka
"If not" Negative nisipotaka tusipotaka usipotaka msipotaka asipotaka wasipotaka usipotaka isipotaka lisipotaka yasipotaka kisipotaka visipotaka isipotaka zisipotaka usipotaka kusipotaka pasipotaka musipotaka
Consecutive Positive nikataka tukataka ukataka mkataka akataka wakataka ukataka ikataka likataka yakataka kikataka vikataka ikataka zikataka ukataka kukataka pakataka mukataka
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -takia
  • Causative: -takisha
  • Passive: -takwa
  • Reciprocal: -takana
  • Stative: -takika

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Japanese 竹 (take).

Noun

taka

1. bamboo sticks placed at angles over rice sprouts

Etymology 2

Noun

takà

1. impression; imprint; stamped impression; rubber stamp

Etymology 3

Adjective

taká

1. surprised

Noun

taká

1. surprise

Related terms

• kataka-taka
• nakapagtataka

• pagtataka