taga

See also: tága, tägä, tåga, taga-, and ta̱ga'

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧ga
• IPA^(key): /taˈɡaʔ/, [taˈɡaʔ]

Noun

tagâ

1. slash; hack (from a sharp object)

Derived terms

• magtaga
• makataga
• mataga
• tagaon

 

Breton

Verb

taga

1. to attack

Cebuano

Pronunciation 1

• (General Cebuano)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɡa/, [ˈt̪a.ɡʌ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧ga

Adverb

taga

1. (preceding a place) from or denoting residency in or around a place, district, area, or region
2. (preceding a proper noun) denoting a resident or inhabitant of (the place denoted by the proper noun)

Pronunciation 2

• (General Cebuano)
• IPA^(key): /taˈɡa/, [t̪ʌˈɡa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧ga

Verb

taga

1. to give

Pronunciation 3

• (General Cebuano)
• IPA^(key): /taˈɡaʔ/, [t̪ʌˈɡaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ta‧ga

Noun

taga

1. a fishhook
2. (euphemistic) the penis

Verb

taga

1. to fish or catch with a hook

Esperanto

Etymology

From tago +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaɡa]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: ta‧ga

Adjective

taga

1. daily, diurnal

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taka, from Proto-Uralic *taka. Cognate to Finnish takana, Veps taga, Northern Sami duohki, Tundra Nenets [script needed] (ťaχǝnə, “away, at the back, earlier”), Forest Enets [script needed] (tehone, “at the back”), Narym Southern Selkup таӽи́ (“bottocks”), and Kamassian [script needed] (takkə̑n, “behind”).

Adverb

taga (not comparable)

1. at the back

   Ta on kõige taga.

   He's at the back.

2. attached (at the back)

   Kas juhe on taga?

   Is the wire attached?

Postposition

taga

1. behind (Governs the genitive)

   Maja taga on suur põld.

   There's a big field behind the house.

Derived terms

• tagasi
• takka
• taha
• taas
• taamal
• taandama
• tagasõna

Fijian

Noun

taga

1. bag

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri tágà, from Arabic طَاقَة (ṭāqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /táː.ɡàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [táː.ɡàː]
• Hyphenation: tā‧gā̀

Noun

tāgā̀ f (plural tāgōgī, possessed form tāgàr̃)

1. window

References

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Irish

Alternative forms

• teaga (parts of Connacht)
• tige (Ulster, parts of Munster)
• tí (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɡə/

Verb

taga

1. present subjunctive analytic of tar
   • 1984, Leabhar Urnaí Malairt Leagain 1984 de réir nósanna Eaglais na hÉireann, page 62:

     Ár nAthair atá ar neamh,
     go naofar d’ainm,
     go dtaga do ríocht,
     go ndéantar do thoil
     ar talamh mar a dhéantar ar neamh.

     Our Father who art in heaven,
     hallowed by thy name,
     thy kingdom come,
     thy will be done
     on earth as it is in heaven.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taga	thaga	dtaga
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Japanese

Romanization

taga

1. Rōmaji transcription of たが

Sambali

Noun

tagâ

1. fishhook

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Verb

-taga (infinitive kutaga)

1. to lay (eggs)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -taga
Positive present -nataga Subjunctive -tage Negative -tagi Imperative singular taga
Infinitives
Positive kutaga Negative kutotaga
Imperatives
Singular taga Plural tageni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutaga Positive past positive subject concord + -litaga Negative past negative subject concord + -kutaga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nataga) Singular Plural 1st person ninataga/nataga tunataga 2nd person unataga mnataga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anataga wanataga other classes positive subject concord + -nataga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tagi) Singular Plural 1st person sitagi hatutagi 2nd person hutagi hamtagi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatagi hawatagi other classes negative subject concord + -tagi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tataga Negative future negative subject concord + -tataga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tage) Singular Plural 1st person nitage tutage 2nd person utage mtage 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atage watage other classes positive subject concord + -tage
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitage Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetaga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetaga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitaga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitaga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ataga) Singular Plural 1st person nataga twataga 2nd person wataga mwataga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ataga wataga m-mi(III/IV) wataga yataga ji-ma(V/VI) lataga yataga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chataga vyataga n(IX/X) yataga zataga u(XI) wataga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwataga pa(XVI) pataga mu(XVIII) mwataga
Perfect positive subject concord + -metaga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshataga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jataga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitaga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotaga Consecutive kataga / positive subject concord + -kataga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katage
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitaga -tutaga 2nd person -kutaga -wataga/-kutageni/-watageni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtaga -wataga m-mi(III/IV) -utaga -itaga ji-ma(V/VI) -litaga -yataga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitaga -vitaga n(IX/X) -itaga -zitaga u(XI) -utaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutaga pa(XVI) -pataga mu(XVIII) -mutaga Reflexive -jitaga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -taga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tagaye -tagao m-mi(III/IV) -tagao -tagayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tagalo -tagayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tagacho -tagavyo n(IX/X) -tagayo -tagazo u(XI) -tagao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tagako pa(XVI) -tagapo mu(XVIII) -tagamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -taga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetaga -otaga m-mi(III/IV) -otaga -yotaga ji-ma(V/VI) -lotaga -yotaga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotaga -vyotaga n(IX/X) -yotaga -zotaga u(XI) -otaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotaga pa(XVI) -potaga mu(XVIII) -motaga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Verb

taga (present tager, preterite tog, supine tagit, imperative tag)

1. Dated form of ta.

Conjugation

Conjugation of taga (class 6 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	taga		tagas
Supine	tagit		tagits
Imperative	tag		—
Imper. plural1	tagen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tager	tog	tags, tages	togs
Ind. 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.

Further reading

• taga in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• agat, gata

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *taʀaq (“hewing with an adze”). Compare Cebuano taga and Malay tarah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈɡaʔ/, [tɐˈɣaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ga

Noun

tagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄ)

1. big cut or wound inflicted by a large knife, bolo, cutlass, etc.; slash; gash
2. act of hacking or stabbing (with a large knife, bolo, cutlass, etc.)

   Synonyms: pagtaga, pananaga

3. fishhook

   Synonym: kawil

4. barb

   Synonym: sima

5. (figurative, colloquial) overpriced price
6. (figurative, colloquial) commission; fee on merchandise
7. (figurative, colloquial) exploitation of someone else's money

Derived terms

• itaga
• magtaga
• magtagaan
• mapanaga
• mataga
• pagtaga
• pagtagain
• pagtataga
• pagtatagain
• pananaga
• tagaan
• tagain
• tinaga
• tumaga

 

Further reading

• “taga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 137
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*taRaq₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Anagrams

• gata

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.ɡa]

Verb

taga

1. (intransitive) to strike

Conjugation

Conjugation of taga
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totaga	fotaga	mitaga
2nd	notaga	nitaga
3rd	Masculine	otaga	itaga, yotaga†
Feminine	motaga
Neuter	itaga
† - archaic

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.ɡa]

Verb

taga (Jawi تاݢه)

1. (intransitive) to wash ashore, to wash up

   bati taga ― a washed up tree trunk

2. (intransitive) to flow down

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taka.

Postposition

taga

1. behind, in behind, at the back of (stationary location)

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “за”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika