ta

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks.[1][2]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ta

  1. (colloquial, chiefly Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) Thanks.
    Ta for the cup of tea.
Usage notes[edit]

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

Translations[edit]
thanks — see thanks
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ta

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ “ta”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
  2. ^ "ta" in Oxford Living Dictionaries

Anagrams[edit]

Abenaki[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ta

  1. and

Aghu Tharrnggala[edit]

Verb[edit]

ta

  1. see

Further reading[edit]

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

Ama[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ta

  1. fire

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronoun[edit]

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

  1. feminine singular of tãu your

Asturian[edit]

Verb[edit]

ta

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tar

Bassa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ta

  1. tip (extremity)

References[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ta

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

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ta/
  • Audio
    		(file)

Pronoun[edit]

ta

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

Dupaningan Agta[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ta

  1. because

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ta

  1. second person; you (singular)\

See Also[edit]

Estonian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ta (personal, long form tema)

  1. he/she

Ewe[edit]

Noun[edit]

ta

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

Verb[edit]

ta

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

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ta (demonstrative)

  1. that, accusative singular female form of tann
    ta ferðina
    at that (certain) time

Declension[edit]

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

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

ta f

  1. your

Related terms[edit]

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[edit]

Haitian Creole[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ta

  1. Indicates the conditional mood.

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

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[edit]

ta

  1. Alternative form of ita
    Ta kamizo esas verda. ― That shirt blue.

Indo-Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Particle[edit]

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.

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ta

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

Kikuyu[edit]

Particle[edit]

ta

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ “ta1” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 422. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Kuku-Thaypan[edit]

Verb[edit]

ta

  1. see

Further reading[edit]

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

Livonian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Estonian tema.

Pronoun[edit]

ta

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

ta

  1. nominative feminine singular of ten

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

ta (imperfect jagħti, past participle mogħti)

  1. give

Conjugation[edit]

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

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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.

Manx[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

ta

  1. present indicative independent of bee

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Terms derived from ta

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Terms derived from ta

Novial[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ta

  1. that (which is female)

Related terms[edit]

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tā f (nominative plural tān)

  1. toe

Descendants[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Determiner[edit]

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive)

Descendants[edit]

  • French: ta

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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[edit]

ta

  1. that
  2. that one

Declension[edit]

Declension table of "ta" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)so or sate
Accusative (second)taṃte
Instrumental (third)tenatehi or tebhi
Dative (fourth)tassatesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)tasmā or tamhā or tatotehi or tebhi
Genitive (sixth)tassatesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)tasmiṃ or tamhitesu
Declension table of "tā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)sātā
Accusative (second)taṃtā
Instrumental (third)tāyatāhi or tābhi
Dative (fourth)tāya or tassā or tissā or tissāyatāsaṃ or tāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)tāyatāhi or tābhi
Genitive (sixth)tāya or tassā or tissā or tissāyatāsaṃ or tāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)tāya or tāyaṃ or tissaṃtāsu
Declension table of "ta" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)taṃ or tadtāni
Accusative (second)taṃ or tadtāni
Instrumental (third)tenatehi or tebhi
Dative (fourth)tassatesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)tasmā or tamhā or tatotehi or tebhi
Genitive (sixth)tassatesaṃ or tesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)tasmiṃ or tamhitesu

Usage notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese estar and Spanish estar and Kabuverdianu sta.

Verb[edit]

ta

  1. to be
  2. is

Phuthi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

-ta

  1. to come

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ta f

  1. (demonstrative) this (nearby, feminine)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Shortened from tak.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ta

  1. (colloquial) yes

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

ta

  1. feminine singular of tău your
    Dani are cartea ta.
    Dani has your book.

Pronoun[edit]

ta f (possessive pronouns)

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

Rotuman[edit]

Rotuman cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ta

Etymology[edit]

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

Numeral[edit]

ta

  1. (cardinal) one

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *tъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

tá

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

Declension[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ta

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

Swazi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb[edit]

-ta

  1. to come

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • (to grab): ge

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Related terms[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ta (咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

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

Usage notes[edit]

  • It is a good idea to use ta to translate the English "generic you (anyone)".
  • 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[edit]

See also[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

Volapük[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ta

  1. against, opposed to, contrary to

Derived terms[edit]

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