តា

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer អ្តា, from Proto-Austroasiatic *taːʔ (“grandfather”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic តា tā WT romanisation taa (standard) IPA(key) /taː/

Noun

តា • (taa)

1. grandfather
2. ancestor (often used in the names of spirits)

Pronoun

តា • (taa)

1. you (respectful term for addressing an old man)
2. I (old man speaking of himself)

Old Khmer

Noun

តា (tā)

1. (pre-Angkorian), alternative spelling of អ្តា ('tā, “grandfather; ancestor, old man”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• tā (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ता (Devanagari script)
• তা (Bengali script)
• තා (Sinhalese script)
• တာ or တႃ (Burmese script)
• ตา (Thai script)
• ᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕາ (Lao script)
• 𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

តា (tā)

1. (demonstrative) Khmer script form of tā, which is feminine nominative/accusative plural of ត (ta, “those”)

Pronoun

តា f

1. (demonstrative) Khmer script form of tā (“she”)

Declension

Declension table of "តា" (feminine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	សា (sā)	តា (tā)
Accusative (second)	តំ (taṃ)	តា (tā)
Instrumental (third)	តាយ (tāya)	តាហិ (tāhi) or តាភិ (tābhi)
Dative (fourth)	តាយ (tāya) or តស្សា (tassā) or តិស្សា (tissā) or តិស្សាយ (tissāya)	តាសំ (tāsaṃ) or តាសានំ (tāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	តាយ (tāya)	តាហិ (tāhi) or តាភិ (tābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	តាយ (tāya) or តស្សា (tassā) or តិស្សា (tissā) or តិស្សាយ (tissāya)	តាសំ (tāsaṃ) or តាសានំ (tāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	តាយ (tāya) or តាយំ (tāyaṃ) or តិស្សំ (tissaṃ)	តាសុ (tāsu)