ta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

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, A/T, AT, at, at-

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Abenaki

Conjunction

ta

1. and

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Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌ/

Determiner

tá

1. this, these (feminine; proximal to the speaker)

See also

Afar demonstrative determiners

	masculine	feminine
proximal to the speaker(s)	á	tá
proximal to the spoken to	amá	tamá
distal	wóo	tóo
very distal	wótti

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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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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Angloromani

Alternative forms

• da, te, ti

Etymology

From Romani thaj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʰə]

Conjunction

ta

1. and

References

• “ta” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.

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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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Basque

Conjunction

ta

1. Alternative form of eta

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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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Bikol Central

Pronoun

ta

1. by us, of us (including the person spoken to)

   Lininigan ta an kwarto.

   The room was cleaned by us.

2. our

   An harong ta.

   Our house.

   Synonym: niato

Conjunction

ta (tâ)

1. because

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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^[2].

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Cebuano

Pronoun

ta

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

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

ta

1. you

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Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita. Doublet of hit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæ/

Pronoun

ta

1. we (inclusive)

Usage notes

• ta is used solely as a subject of a transitive verb, while hit is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb.

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns

hu-type pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	hu	ta	in
2nd person	un	en
3rd person	ha	ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	yoʼ	hit	ham
2nd person	hao	hamyo
3rd person	gueʼ	siha
emphatic pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	guahu	hita	hami
2nd person	hagu	hamyo
3rd person	guiya	siha

References

• Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎^[3], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish está.

Adverb

ta

1. Indicates the present tense.

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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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Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

Cognate with Vai ꕚꕌ (táá).

Verb

ta

1. go

References

• Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) , “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

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Danish

Verb

ta

1. Clipping of tage.

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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

See also

Estonian personal pronouns

		singular		plural
		long	short	long	short
1st person		mina	ma	meie	me
2nd person	familiar	sina	sa	teie	te
	polite	Teie	Te
3rd person	animate	tema	ta	nemad	nad
	inanimate	see		need

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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 feminine 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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Greenlandic

Interjection

ta

1. Alternative spelling of taa

References

• DAKA
• Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl

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Haitian Creole

Adverb

ta

1. Indicates the conditional mood.

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Hawaiian

Article

ta

1. Niʻihau form of ka (“the”)

   Ta matua.

   The parent.

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

ta (plural ti)

1. Alternative form of ita (“that person, that thing”)

   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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Kaingang

Noun

ta

1. rain

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Kikuyu

Particle

ta (followed by noun or pronoun)

1. 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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Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

-ta

1. to come

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taː/
• Homophones: ta' (general), taha (except nonstandard)

Etymology 1

Root
għ-t-j

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

Verb

ta (imperfect jagħti, past participle mogħti)

1. to give

Conjugation

Conjugation of ta

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	tajt	tajt	ta		tajna	tajtu	taw
	f			tat
imperfect	m	nagħti	tagħti	jagħti		nagħtu	tagħtu	jagħtu
	f			tagħti
imperative			agħti				agħtu

Derived terms

• ngħata

Etymology 2

Perhaps from taf (“you know”). Alternatively from Arabic تُرَى‎ (turā), dialectally also تَرَى‎ (tarā, “see?, ha?, what do you think?”).

Interjection

ta

1. Postpositioned after a statement, used for minor emphasis.

   Din hija ħaġa importanti, ta, tinsihiex.

   This is important, you know, don’t forget it.

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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

Derived terms

• t'ad
• t'ee
• t'eh
• t'ou

 

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Mezquital Otomi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Otomi *ta, from Proto-Otomian *ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tá/, /tà/

Noun

ta

1. father

Synonyms

• dada

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǎ/

Noun

tǎ

1. a male animal
2. an intact (not castrated) male animal

Derived terms

• tafri
• tajä
• takjä
• tamxi
• taptsꞌu̱di
• taꞌni
• taꞌnxi

 

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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German tag, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”). Cognate with German Tag, English day.

Noun

ta m

1. day

Related terms

• eirta
• hait
• ma'ta
• mitta
• mitto
• Najorto
• pfinsta
• sònsta
• sunta
• vraita

 

References

• “ta” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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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 (grab with the hands)
2. to have

   ta en øl ― have a beer

Derived terms

Terms derived from ta

• anta
• avta
• 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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• taka (long form with a- or split infinitive)
• take (long form with e-infinitive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

• ta

  (file)

Verb

ta (present tense tek or tar, past tense tok, supine teke or tatt, past participle teken or tatt, present participle takande, passive infinitive takast, imperative ta)

1. to take (to grab with the hands)
2. to catch (to capture)

Derived terms

Terms derived from ta

• anta
• frita
• hærta
• oppta
• påtatt
• påteken
• ta att
• ta av
• ta etter
• ta for seg
• ta fri

• ta grep
• ta i
• ta imot
• ta inn
• ta knekken på
• ta med
• ta på
• ta på alvor
• ta på seg
• ta seg
• ta seg av

• ta seg for
• ta seg saman
• ta seg ut
• ta til
• ta unna
• ta ut
• ta vare på
• ta vekk
• taking
• vareta

Related terms

• tak
• -tekt

Etymology 2

Aasen, in his 1850 dictionary, lists it as a variant of ut-av. As such, the origin of this word is not to dissimilar from that of på (“on”) from Old Norse upp á. Other variants include tå.

Preposition

ta

1. (dialectal) Nonstandard form of av.

Adverb

ta

1. (dialectal) Nonstandard form of av.

References

• “ta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• at

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Old English

Alternative forms

• tahe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

Noun

tā f (nominative plural tān)

1. toe

Declension

Declension of ta (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tā	tān
accusative	tān	tān
genitive	tān	tāna
dative	tān	tām, tāum

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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Palauan

Palauan cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : ta

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ta, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

ta

1. one

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Alternative scripts

• sa (Latin script)
• 𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• स (Devanagari script)
• স (Bengali script)
• ස (Sinhalese script)
• သ (Burmese script)
• ส or สะ (Thai script)
• ᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ສ or ສະ (Lao script)
• ស (Khmer script)

Adjective

ta

1. (demonstrative) 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. taṃ is also used as the prefixed combing form.

Synonyms

• na

Derived terms

• ta (“he, it, that one”)
• tā (“she, it, that one”)

Pronoun

ta m

1. he, it, 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

Pronoun

ta n

1. it
   • (Can we date this quote?), Laobounkird, Anisongfree‎^[4] (in Lao), published 2015:

     ພາຫຸງ ສະຫັດສະມະພິນິມມິຕະສາວຸທັນຕັງຄະລີເມຂະລັງ ອຸທິຕະໂຄລະສະເສນະມາລັງທານາທິທັມມາວິທິນາ ຊິຕະວາ ມຸນິນໂທຕັນເຕຊະສາ ພະວະຕຸ ເຕ ຊະຍະມັງຄະລານິ ຯ

     bāhuṃ sahassamabinimmitasāvudantaṅɡalīmekhalaṃ uditaɡolasasenamālaṃdānādidammāvidinā jitavā munindotantejasā bavatu te jayamaṅɡalāni
     With ambiguities resolved:
     bāhuṃ sahassamabhinimmitasāvudhantaṅɡarīmekhalaṃ uditaɡhorasasenamāraṃdānādidhammāvidhinā jitavā munindotantejasā bhavatu te jayamaṅɡalāni

     The lord of the sages has subdued terrible Mara, who had created a thousand beweaponed arms, was accompanied by his army and was mounted on Girimekhala, by reason of giving and so forth. May you have the blessings of success by the power of this.

Declension

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 a prefixed combining form. The form ending in niggahita is also used as combining form.

References

“ta˚”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish estar and Portuguese estar and Kabuverdianu sta.

Verb

ta

1. to be
2. is

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Phalura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Particle

ta (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling تہ)

1. Particle with different-subject marking function (variously corresponding to 'when, then, so (that), and')

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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Phuthi

Etymology

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. 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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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɐ/

Contraction

ta

1. Contraction of te a.

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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 preceded by a)

1. yours (singular)

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Rotuman

Rotuman cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ta

Etymology

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

Numeral

ta

1. one

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San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˥˩/

Noun

ta

1. grandfather
2. A respectful title for a man.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˠa˥/

Adjective

ta

1. full of weeds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˧/

Adjective

ta

1. thick

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˩/

Noun

ta (plural nta)

1. fence, wall (of stakes, cane, or mud)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˩/

Noun

ta

1. bunch (of bananas)

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /táː/

Determiner

tȃ

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

Inflection

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.

Related terms

• -etama

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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 (present tar, preterite tog, supine tagit, imperative ta)

1. take; to grab and move to oneself

   Han hade tagit kakan.

   He had taken the cake.

2. to bring (along); to carry

   Ta kakan med.

   Bring the cake.

3. steal

   Inbrottstjuven hade tagit allting.

   The burglar had taken everything.

4. take; catch

   Inbrottstjuven togs genast.

   The burglar was caught immediately.

5. take (control over)

   Kan du ta över?

   Can you take over?

6. take; make use of

   Karl tar cykeln till jobbet.

   Karl is taking 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

    Patienten hade tagit allting.

    The patient had taken everything.

11. take (a course); to enroll
12. take (a test)

    Han hade tagit provet.

    He had taken the test.

13. take, capture; remove one of the opponent's pieces (e.g. in chess)
14. take; beat; be victorious

    Idrottaren tog medalj.

    The athlete took a medal.

15. (reflexive) to start burning; to go from embers into open flames

    Tar elden sig?

    Is the fire starting to burn?

16. (reflexive) (about a plant) take; thrive, persist
17. take; to have sex with forcefully

    Hon tog henne bakifrån.

    She took her from behind.

18. accept (as means of payment)

    Tar ni kort här?

    Do you take credit cards?

19. 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
Supine	tagit		tagits
Imperative	ta		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tar	tog	tas	togs
Indicative plural1	ta	togo	tas	togos
Subjunctive2	ta	toge	tas	toges
	Participles
Present participle	tagande
Past participle	tagen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of taga (class 6 strong, dated)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	taga		tagas
Supine	tagit		tagits
Imperative	tag		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tager	tog	tages	togs
Indicative plural1	taga	togo	tagas	togos
Subjunctive2	tage	toge	tages	toges
	Participles
Present participle	tagande
Past participle	tagen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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

Anagrams

• AT

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Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

ta

1. to come

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Turkish

Interjection

ta

1. (colloquial) (Adds emphasis to the measurement of a distance).

   Sahile kadar koştu.

   He/she ran till the seaside.

   Ta sahile kadar koştu.

   He/she ran till the seaside. (The longness was emphasized.)

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Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Munsee táa (“emphatic”).

Particle

ta

1. indeed, definitely

adds emphasis to a statement or command.

References

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) , “ta”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 咱 (“I; me, we; us”, SV: cha).

Pronoun

ta • (咱, 喒, 些, 𢧲, 偺)

1. (archaic, now literary) I; me
   • (Can we date this quote?), Duy Mạnh (lyrics and music), “Kiếp đỏ đen [Gambling Life]”:

     Ta mang bao tội lỗi,
     Nên thân ta giờ đây,
     Kiếp sống không nhà không người thân.
     Ta mang bao tội lỗi,
     Người ơi, ta đâu còn chi !
     Xin hãy tránh xa kiếp đỏ đen !

     I'm so sinful,
     Now I have to live this life,
     No home, no loved ones.
     I'm so sinful,
     O humanity, I have nothing left!
     Please stay clear of the gambling life!

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, 𢧲, 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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Welsh

Etymology

Derived ultimately from bynnag (“-ever”). Initially, bynnag began preceding rather than following the word it qualfied, so beth bynnag (“whatever”) became bynnag beth. A sound change meant bynnag started to be pronounced as gynnag, whereupon the phrase was reanalysed as gan nag, a southern colloquial form of gan nad, literally "since (that) not". The inconsistency of this phrase being negative in structure but affirmative in meaning led nag (“that not”) to be replaced with corresponding affirmative taw (“that”), so gan nag beth became gan taw beth. The initial gan was subsequently dropped and the pronunciation of taw /tau̯/ reduced to ta /ta/ as is common speech, leaving such forms as ta beth (“whatever”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Particle

ta

1. (South Wales, colloquial) -ever follows interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns

   Synonym: bynnag

Derived terms

• ta beth (“whatever”)
• ta ble (“wherever”)
• ta faint (“however many”)
• ta pryd (“whenever”)
• ta pwy (“whoever, whomever”)

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian to, from Proto-Germanic *tō.

Preposition

ta

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

Further reading

• “ta”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ta

1. closed, shut

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “ta”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Wutunhua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʰɑ]

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 他.

Pronoun

ta

1. (apparently uncommon) he, she, it (chiefly used in reported speech)

Usage notes

gu is the usual third-person pronoun in Wutunhua, and not the conventional Mandarin ta.

Etymology 2

From Tibetan ཐལ (thal), as in གོ་ཐལ (go thal).

Noun

ta

1. ashes

References

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎^[6], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

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Yola

Etymology

From Middle English to, from Old English tō.

Particle

ta

1. to

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, →ISBN

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Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta˧/

Adjective

ta

1. hard

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44