ta

See also Appendix:Variations of "ta"

English

Etymology

Most likely influenced by the Danish word tak, the Norwegian word takk, the Swedish word tack, and the Icelandic word takk, meaning thanks, via a process of final consonant deletion see Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Alternative forms

• taa

Interjection

ta

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

Usage notes

The expression ta ta differs, meaning bye.

See also

• ta everso
• ta muchly

Anagrams

• 'at, AT, at

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Abenaki

Conjunction

ta

1. and

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Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ta/

Noun

ta

1. fire

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Asturian

Verb

ta

1. third-person singular present indicative of tar

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Esperanto

Noun

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

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/‎be, co/‎ce, ĉo/‎ĉa, do/‎de, e, fo/‎ef, go/‎ge, ĝo/‎ĝe, ho/‎ha, ĥo/‎ĥi, i, jo/‎je, ĵo/‎ĵi, ko/‎ka, lo/‎el, mo/‎om, no/‎en, o, po/‎pa, ro/‎ar, so/‎es, ŝo/‎eŝ, to/‎ta, u, ŭo/‎eŭ, vo/‎vi, zo/‎ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

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Estonian

Pronoun

ta (personal, long form tema)

1. he/she

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Ewe

Noun

ta

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

Verb

ta

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

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tɛa]

Pronoun

ta (demonstrative)

1. that, accusative singular female form of tann

   ta ferðina

   at that (certain) time

Declension

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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French

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /ta/, X-SAMPA: /ta/

Determiner

ta f (singular)

1. (possessive) your

Related terms

    French possessive adjectives

			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

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Haitian Creole

Adverb

ta

1. Indicates the conditional mood.

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Ido

Alternative forms

• ita

Determiner

ta

1. that

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Japanese

Romanization

ta

1. See た
2. See タ

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Livonian

Pronoun

ta (personal, long form täma)

1. he/she

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Lojban

Cmavo

ta (rafsi taz)

1. that; those

Related terms

• ti
• tu

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Maltese

Verb

ta (imperfect jagħti, past participle mogħti)

1. give

Conjugation

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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Mandarin

Romanization

ta

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

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Manx

Etymology

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

Verb

ta

1. independent present indicative of bee

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• ta

  (file)

Verb

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

1. take (to grab with the hands)

References

• “ta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• ta

  (file)

Verb

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.

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Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɑː/

Noun

tā f (nominative plural tān)

1. toe

Descendants

• English: toe
• Scots: tae

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Old French

Pronoun

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

1. your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

Descendants

• French: ta

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Papiamentu

Verb

ta

1. is

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Polish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t̪a/

Pronoun

ta f

1. (demonstrative) this (nearby, feminine)

Declension

    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 also

• ten m
• to n

Etymology 2

Shortened from tak.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t̪a/, /t̪aː/

Interjection

ta

1. (colloquial) yes

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ta

1. feminine singular form of tău

   Dani are cartea ta

   Dani has your book.

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Rotuman

Etymology

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

Numeral

ta

1. (cardinal) one

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Slovene

Etymology

From:

• Proto-Slavic *tъ (masculine form)
• Proto-Slavic *ta (feminine form)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtáː/
• Tonal: tȃ

Pronoun

tá

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

Declension

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	tém	tém	tém
instrumental	témi	témi	témi

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɑː/

• audio

  (file)

Verb

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.

Conjugation

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 forms

• taga (archaic)

Antonyms

• (to grab): ge

Related terms

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

See also

satan ta dig / fan ta dig / satan ta er / fan ta er (vulgar) ta anställning ta ansvar ta av ta av sig ta avsked ta av daga ta beslut ta betalt ta bort ta det lugnt ta emot, ta emot sig ta examen ta fart ta farväl ta fram ta för givet ta för sig ta hand om ta hem ta hus i helvete ta hänsyn ta i ta ifrån ta igen sig ta in ta initiativ

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