ta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks.

Alternative forms

• taa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

ta

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

   Ta for the cup of tea.

2. (Canada, childish) give (imperative)

   Mommy needs the bottle back. Ta!

Usage notes

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

Translations

thanks — see thanks

See also

• ta everso
• ta muchly

Etymology 2

Preposition

ta

1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.

Etymology 3

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti. vowel changed to 'a' to signify a flattened note.

Noun

ta (uncountable)

1. (music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.

Synonyms

• te
• B-flat
• li

Anagrams

• 'at, A-T, AT, at, at-

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Abenaki

Conjunction

ta

1. and

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Aghu Tharrnggala

Verb

ta

1. see

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

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Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Noun

ta

1. fire

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• a ta
• (a) tauã

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ta f (masculine tãu, feminine plural tali or tale, masculine plural tãi)

1. feminine singular of tãu your

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Asturian

Verb

ta

1. third-person singular present indicative of tar

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Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰa]

Noun

ta

1. tip (extremity)

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪a]

Noun

ta (plural tamuts)

1. tiger

References

Sadaf Munshi (2015), “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎^[1]

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Cebuano

Pronoun

ta

1. we, us (1st personal plural inclusive short absolutive form)

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Chinese

Pronoun

ta

1. Alternative form of TA (tā).

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

• Audio

  (file)

Pronoun

ta

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

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Dupaningan Agta

Conjunction

ta

1. because

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

ta

1. second person; you (singular)\

See also

• taha

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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^(key): [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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

• audio

  (file)

Determiner

ta f

1. your

Related terms

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	mon1	ma	mes
		Second person	ton1	ta	tes
		Third person	son1	sa	ses
	Plural	First person	notre		nos
		Second person	votre2		vos2
		Third person	leur		leurs

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

Further reading

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

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Haitian Creole

Adverb

ta

1. Indicates the conditional mood.

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

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.

Determiner

ta

1. Alternative form of ita

   Ta kamizo esas verda. ― That shirt blue.

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Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese está (“is”), third-person singular present indicative of estar (“to be”).

Particle

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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Japanese

Romanization

ta

1. Rōmaji transcription of た
2. Rōmaji transcription of タ

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Kikuyu

Particle

ta

1. (followed by noun or pronoun) like, as

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Kuku-Thaypan

Verb

ta

1. see

Further reading

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• tämā

Etymology

Compare Estonian tema.

Pronoun

ta

1. he, she; third-person pronoun, referring to someone other than the speaker or addressee

Declension

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 also

• minā, ma
• sinā, sa

References

Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, →ISBN

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta]

Determiner

ta

1. nominative feminine singular of ten

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْطَى‎ (ʾaʿṭā, “to give”).

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 (Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄚ)

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 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.

See also

• TA

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Manx

Alternative forms

• t’ (apocopic)

Etymology

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

Verb

ta

1. present indicative independent of bee

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɑː/

• ta

  (file)

Verb

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 terms

Terms derived from ta

• anta
• avtagbar, avtakbar
• foreta
• frata
• frita
• gjenta
• godta
• hærta

• innta
• ivareta
• motta
• oppta
• overta
• påta, påtatt
• påtagelig, påtakelig
• ta knekken på

• ta opp
• ta på alvor
• ta vare på
• tiltak
• unnta
• vedta
• voldta

References

• “ta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

• ta

  (file)

Verb

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 terms

Terms derived from ta

• frita
• hærta
• oppta

• påtatt
• påteken
• ta knekken på

• ta på alvor
• ta vare på

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Novial

Pronoun

ta

1. that (which is female)

Related terms

• to
• te
• tu

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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^(key): /tɑː/

Noun

tā f (nominative plural tān)

1. toe

Descendants

• English: toe
• Scots: tae

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Determiner

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

1. your (second-person singular possessive)

Descendants

• French: ta

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• त (Devanagari script)
• ত (Bengali script)
• ත (Sinhalese script)
• တ (Burmese script)
• ต (Thai script)
• ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ត (Khmer script)

Alternative forms

• sa
• 𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• स (Devanagari script)
• স (Bengali script)
• ස (Sinhalese script)
• သ (Burmese script)
• ส (Thai script)
• ᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ស (Khmer script)

Adjective

ta

1. that
2. that one

Declension

Declension table of "ta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	so or sa	te
Accusative (second)	taṃ	te
Instrumental (third)	tena	tehi or tebhi
Dative (fourth)	tassa	tesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tasmā or tamhā or tato	tehi or tebhi
Genitive (sixth)	tassa	tesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tasmiṃ or tamhi	tesu

Declension table of "tā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sā	tā
Accusative (second)	taṃ	tā
Instrumental (third)	tāya	tāhi or tābhi
Dative (fourth)	tāya or tassā or tissā or tissāya	tāsaṃ or tāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tāya	tāhi or tābhi
Genitive (sixth)	tāya or tassā or tissā or tissāya	tāsaṃ or tāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tāya or tāyaṃ or tissaṃ	tāsu

Declension table of "ta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	taṃ or tad	tāni
Accusative (second)	taṃ or tad	tāni
Instrumental (third)	tena	tehi or tebhi
Dative (fourth)	tassa	tesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tasmā or tamhā or tato	tehi or tebhi
Genitive (sixth)	tassa	tesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tasmiṃ or tamhi	tesu

Usage notes

The case form tad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

References

ta˚ in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese estar and Spanish estar and Kabuverdianu sta.

Verb

ta

1. to be
2. is

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni [Term?], from Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

-ta

1. to come

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Polish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

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	te
instrumental	tą	tymi
locative	tej	tych
vocative	—	—

See also

• ten m
• to n

Etymology 2

Shortened from tak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/, /taː/

Interjection

ta

1. (colloquial) yes

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/
• Rhymes: -a

Determiner

ta

1. feminine singular of tău your

   Dani are cartea ta.

   Dani has your book.

Pronoun

ta f (possessive pronouns)

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

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Rotuman

Rotuman cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : ta

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.

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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	téh	téh	téh
instrumental	témi	témi	témi

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Spanish

Interjection

ta

1. (Uruguay) Alternative spelling of tá (“okay”)

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

-ta

1. to come

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• taga (dated)

Etymology

Apocopic form of taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- (“to touch”). Cognate with English take.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

• audio

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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 (class 6 strong)

	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

Antonyms

• (to grab): ge

Derived terms

• avta
• fan ta dig
• fan ta er
• frita
• förta
• satan ta dig
• satan ta er
• ta anställning
• ta ansvar
• 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 fram
• ta för givet
• ta för sig
• ta hand om
• ta helst
• ta hem
• ta hus i helvete
• ta hänsyn
• ta i
• ta ifrån
• ta igen sig
• ta in
• ta initiativ
• ta livet av
• ta lätt på
• ta lån
• ta med
• ta musten ur någon
• ta ned
• ta ner
• ta och
• 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 i arslet
• ta sig i baken
• ta sig igenom
• ta sig in
• ta sig i röven
• 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
• tillta
• återta
• överta

 

Related terms

• tagning

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ta (咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

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

Usage notes

• It is a good idea to use ta to translate the English "generic you (anyone)". Also compare French on (“we/us; one; you”).
• ta (“I; me”) is now only used especially in literary or translation works, to convey hostility between the characters, as alternatives (such as tao) may sound awkward or too rough, especially if the age difference between characters is significant (one translation, such as that of Beyblade, may use tao for conversations between children of about the same age, but ta if there is such a difference). It is used in conjunction with mi (informal) or ngươi (formal) for "you".

Synonyms

• tôi; tui
• min
• tao; tau

See also

• ngươi; mi (“you”)
• mình (“I; me; we; us”)

Adjective

ta (咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

1. (informal) "our", Vietnamese, as opposed to Tây (“Western”), Tàu (“Chinese”) or Xiêm (“Siamese”)

   Tết ta ― Vietnamese Lunar New Year

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ta

Preposition

ta

1. against, opposed to, contrary to

Derived terms

• taan

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West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian to, from Proto-Germanic *tō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *de. Cognate with English to, Dutch toe, German zu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

Preposition

ta

1. (with nei) to
2. (physically) up to, until

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

Adjective

ta (inflected ta)

1. closed, shut