တာ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ta "measure with a ta ( 'cord' )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Seems to be related to Proto-Kuki-Chin *taʔ (to gauge, measure) (whence Mizo teh (to measure)), and probably has further relations across Sino-Tibetan, though due to the very phonologically deficient formation, further cognates are difficult to deduce. That said, looks like it might be from the same word family that gives Old Chinese (OC *daː, “diagram; to plot, plan; to draw”).”

Verb

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တာ (ta)

  1. to measure

Noun

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တာ (ta)

  1. (historical) unit of distance measure (equal to four cubits as in ကုလလေး (ku.la.le:) or အရညကင် (a.ra.nya.kang), seven cubits as in မြင်းမိုရ် (mrang:muir) or ten cubits as in စက္ကဝါ (cakka.wa)
  2. embankment
  3. (historical, archaic) receptacle with cover; box
  4. duty; responsibility; assignment
  5. length of time

Particle

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တာ (ta)

  1. (colloquial) particle suffixed to verbs and adjectives to form nouns

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT, and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Is this an ad-hoc sound-symbolic formation?”

Verb

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တာ (ta)

  1. to speak or act in an endearing manner
  2. to prattle
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Etymology 3

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Abbreviation of အတာ (a.ta).

Noun

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တာ (ta)

  1. the period of Thingyan
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Further reading

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Pali tāla (palmyra) or Sanskrit ताल (tāla). Cognate with Burmese ထန်း (htan:) and Shan ထၢၼ် (thǎan).

Noun

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တာ ()

  1. palmyra
  2. toddy palm

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Burmese တာ (ta).

Noun

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တာ ()

  1. measure of length equal to seven cubits or about 11 feet 4½ inches

Etymology 3

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Burmese တား (ta:).

Verb

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တာ ()

  1. to hold up, signal to stop

Etymology 4

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Burmese ညှာတာ (hnyata).

Verb

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တာ ()

  1. to be considerate

References

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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တာ

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of , nominative/accusative plural feminine of (ta, those)

Pronoun

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တာ f

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of (“she”)

Declension

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