ta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Alternative forms

• taa

Interjection

ta

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

Translations

thanks — see thanks

Usage notes

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

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^(key): /ta/

Noun

ta

1. fire

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Asturian

Verb

ta

1. third-person singular present indicative of tar

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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

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Determiner

ta f

1. your

Related terms

			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

External links

• “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

Alternative forms

• ita

Determiner

ta

1. that

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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 reading of た
2. rōmaji reading of タ

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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: 978-9984-49-730-3

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Lojban

Cmavo

ta (rafsi taz)

1. that; those

Related terms

• ti
• tu

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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 أعطى (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.

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Manx

Etymology

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

Verb

ta

1. independent present indicative 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

• ta

  (file)

Verb

ta (imperative ta, present tense tar, simple past tok, past participle tatt)

1. to take (to grab with the hands)

Derived terms

• motta
• overta

References

• “ta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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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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

Determiner

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

1. your (second-person singular possessive)

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^(key): /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^(key): /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

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   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.

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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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^(key): /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