taa

See also: tâa, ta̰ã, ta'a, -taa, tää, tå, tááʼ, and tʼą́ą́ʼ

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 塔 (tǎ, “pagoda”).

Noun

taa (plural taas)

1. a kind of pagoda in China and Japan.

Etymology 2

From Arabic تَاء‏ (tāʾ).

Noun

taa (plural taas)

1. The letter ت‏ in the Arabic script.

Etymology 3

Variation of ta (“thanks”).

Anagrams

• AAT, ATA, âta

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Aukan

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English other.

Adjective

taa

1. other; another

   taa dei ― another day, another (some other) time

Derived terms

• taa taa (“different”)

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English tar.

Noun

taa

1. tar (black substance; pitch)

References

• Aukan-English Dictionary (SIL)

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Finnish

(index ta)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːˣ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: taa

Postposition

(genitive + ) taa

1. (poetic, dialectal) Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse.

   Se laskeutui metsän taa. ― It landed behind the forest.

Inflection

Declension of taa noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative taka- – superessive – – genitive – – delative – – partitive takaa – sublative – – accusative – – lative (taas) – inessive – – temporal taannoin – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – takaisin allative – – prolative taitse – essive takana – situative – – translative taa taakse – oppositive – – instructive – – abessive – – comitative – –

Synonyms

• taakse

Antonyms

• eteen, edelle

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• taka
• taka-
• tausta
• taempi
• takimmainen

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Swahili

Etymology

From *tala, from an unknown source (possibly Indian). Compare Luganda tala, Kikuyu tawa, Rwanda-Rundi tara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

Noun

taa (n class, plural taa)

1. lamp, light