ta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

Translingual

Symbol

ta

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Tamil.

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks[1][2] or an acronym for 'thanks a lot'.

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

(colloquial, chiefly Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) Thanks.
Ta for the cup of tea.
(Canada, childish) give (imperative)
Mommy needs the bottle back. Ta!

Usage notes

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

Translations

thanks — see thanks

Preposition

ta

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)

(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

References

“ta”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989.
"ta" in Oxford Living Dictionaries

Anagrams

'at, A-T, A/T, AT, at, at-

Abenaki

Conjunction

ta

and

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʌ/

Determiner

tá

this, these (feminine)

Derived terms

tákke

References

E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “ta”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Aghu Tharrnggala

Verb

ta

see

Ama

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Noun

ta

fire

Angloromani

Alternative forms

da, te, ti

Etymology

From Romani thaj.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtʰə]

Conjunction

ta

and

References

“ta”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006

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)

feminine singular of tãu (“your”)

Asturian

Verb

ta

third-person singular present indicative of tar

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian .

Particle

ta

all the way (adds emphasis to the measurement of a physical or temporal distance; coupled with kimi (“until”), qədər (“until”), -dək (“until”) or -cən (“until”))
Dəniz qırağına kimi qaçdı. ― S/he ran till the seaside.
Ta dəniz qırağına kimi qaçdı. (the longness emphasized) ― S/he ran all the way till the seaside.
Səni görmək üçünta burayacan yol gəldim. ― I came a long way all the way here to see you.
ta indiyə qədər davam edən dava ― a conflict continuing all the way until now

Basque

Conjunction

ta

Alternative form of eta

Bassa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰa]

Noun

ta

tip (extremity)

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

ta

by us, of us (including the person spoken to)
Lininigan ta an kwarto.
The room was cleaned by us.
our
An harong ta.
Our house.

Synonyms

niyato

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taʔ/

Conjunction

tà

because
Synonyms: huli, dahil, porke

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t̪a]

Noun

ta (plural tamuts)

tiger

References

Sadaf Munshi (2015), “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎.

Cebuano

Pronoun

ta

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

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

ta

you

Chamorro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tæ/

Pronoun

ta

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.

References

Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish está.

Adverb

ta

Indicates the present tense.

Chinese

Pronoun

ta

Alternative form of TA (tā)

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ta

singular feminine nominative of ten
plural neuter nominative of ten
plural neuter accusative of ten

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

Cognate with Vai ꕚꕌ (táá).

Verb

ta

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

Danish

Verb

ta

Clipping of tage.

Drung

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rta.

Noun

ta

horse

References

Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎, Santa Barbara: University of California

Dupaningan Agta

Conjunction

ta

because

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

ta

second person; you (singular)\\

Estonian

Etymology

Abbreviation of tema, from Proto-Finnic *tämä, from Proto-Uralic *tä. Cognate with Finnish tämä and Northern Sami dát.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑ/

Pronoun

ta (genitive ta, partitive teda, long form tema)

he/she (3rd person singular animate personal pronoun)

Usage notes

Used unstressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is stressed, tema is used.

Declension

declension of ta

	3^rd person singular
nominative	tema (ta))
genitive	tema)
partitive	teda)

illative	temasse (tasse))
inessive	temas (tas))
elative	temast (tast))

allative	temale (talle))
adessive	temal (tal))
ablative	temalt (talt))

translative	temaks)
terminative	temani)
essive	temana)

abessive	temata)
comitative	temaga)

Ewe

Noun

ta

chapter
head (part of the body)

Verb

ta

to castrate
to crawl (to move slowly on hands and knees)
to neuter

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tɛa]

Pronoun

ta (demonstrative)

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) (tá)†	tað
Dative (hvørjumfall)	tí (tann) (teim)†	teirri / tí	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	tess	teirrar	tess

Plural (fleirtal)	m	f	n
Nominative (hvørfall)	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	teir (tá)†	tær	tey
Dative (hvørjumfall)	teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	teirra

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/
audio (file)

Determiner

ta f

your
Quel âge a ta grand-mère ?
How old is your grandmother?

Related terms

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Plural
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.

Greenlandic

Interjection

ta

Alternative spelling of taa

References

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French tard (“late”).

Adjective

ta

late

Adverb

ta

Indicates the conditional mood.
Indicating conditionality or potentiality in order to express a sense of politeness, tentativeness, indirectness, hesitancy, uncertainty, etc.

Hawaiian

Article

ta

Niʻihau form of ka (“the”)
Ta matua.
The parent.

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

ta (plural ti)

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

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

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

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

Particle

ta

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

Romanization

ta

Rōmaji transcription of た
Rōmaji transcription of タ

Kaingang

Noun

ta

rain

Kikuyu

Particle

ta (followed by noun or pronoun)

like, as[1]

References

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

Kuku-Thaypan

Verb

ta

see

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

-ta

to come

Livonian

Alternative forms

tämā

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tä. Compare Estonian tema.

Pronoun

ta

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

References

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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ta]

Determiner

ta

nominative feminine singular of ten

Maltese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Root
għ-t-j (giving)
2 terms

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

Verb

ta (imperfect jagħti, past participle mogħti, verbal noun għoti or għati)

to give
to undertake, to conduct
to fight
to apply
to take place
to describe
to owe (money)
(with the pronominal suffix -ha) to become addicted [+ għal (object)]
Taha għan-nisa ― He is taken to women

Usage notes

As in Arabic, this verb has ditransitive construction. Thus for “I gave her the money” one says tajtha l-flus, rather than the perhaps expected *tajtilha l-flus.

Conjugation

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

Derived terms

ngħata

Etymology 2

From taf (“you know”).

Interjection

ta

Postpositioned after a statement, used for minor emphasis.
Din hija ħaġa importanti, ta, tinsihiex.
This is important, you know, don’t forget it.

Mandarin

Romanization

ta (ta⁵ / ta⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄚ)

Nonstandard spelling of tā.
Nonstandard spelling of tá.
Nonstandard spelling of tǎ.
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.

Manx

Alternative forms

t’ (apocopic)

Etymology

From Old Irish at·tá, from Proto-Celtic [[Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ad-tāyeti#Proto-Celtic|*ad-tāyeti]] (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”).

Verb

ta

present indicative independent of bee

Derived terms

t'ad
t'ee
t'eh
t'ou

Mezquital Otomi

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tá/, /tà/

Noun

ta

father

Synonyms

dada

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tǎ/

Noun

tǎ

a male animal
an intact (not castrated) male animal

Derived terms

tafri
tajä
takjä
tamxi
taptsꞌu̱di
taꞌni
taꞌnxi

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

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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰɑː/
ta (file)

Verb

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

to take (grab with the hands)
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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From earlier and Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną. 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)

to take (to grab with the hands)
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.[1] 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

(dialectal) alternative form of av (This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.)

Adverb

ta

(dialectal) off
- 1953, Holtvedt, Reidar, Historier fra Krokskauen, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 132:
  Så hok dom, og strast føre berjhufsen hevde mann se ta, [m]en kjelken reste beint utføre så det bare vart flisa att.
  They sledded, and right before the cliff, you'd throw yourself off, but the sled raced straight down, so that there were only splinters left.

References

Ivar Aasen (1850), “ut-av”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

“ta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“ta”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

Anagrams

at

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)

(anatomy) 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

Old French

Etymology

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

Determiner

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

your (second-person singular possessive)

Descendants

French: ta

Old Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in 1430.

Particle

ta

Emphatic particle.

Descendants

Polish: ta

References

B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ta”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Omaha-Ponca

Noun

ta

dried meat, jerky

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

one

Pali

Alternative forms

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)
𑄖 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

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)
𑄥 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ta

(demonstrative) that
that one

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.

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

Synonyms

na

Derived terms

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

Pronoun

ta m

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

it
- (Can we date this quote?), Laobounkird, Anisongfree‎ (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.

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.

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

References

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish estar and Portuguese estar and Kabuverdianu sta.

Verb

ta

to be
is

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)

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)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

-ta

to come

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ta, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂.

Pronoun

ta f

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	—	—

Etymology 2

Clipping of tak.

Interjection

ta

(colloquial) yes

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ukrainian та (ta).[1]

Conjunction

ta

(regional) and
Synonyms: a, i

Etymology 4

Inherited from Old Polish ta. First attested in 1430.[2]

Particle

ta

(regional, often attached to a verb) Emphatic particle.
Synonyms: (not productive) -ć, -ż

References

Tadeusz Lehr (1914), “O mowie Polaków w Galicji wschodniej”, in Język Polski‎, page 50
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ta”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ/

Contraction

ta f sg

Contraction of te a (“her/it to you (familiar singular)”): feminine of to

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/
Rhymes: -a

Determiner

ta

feminine singular of tău (“your”)
Dani are cartea ta.
Dani has your book.

Pronoun

ta f (possessive pronouns preceded by a)

yours (singular)

Rotuman

**Rotuman cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : ta

Etymology

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

Numeral

ta

one

San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˥˩/

Noun

ta

grandfather
A respectful title for a man.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa˥/

Adjective

ta

full of weeds

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˧/

Adjective

ta

thick

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˩/

Noun

ta (plural nta)

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˩/

Noun

ta

bunch (of bananas)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tâː/

Pronoun

tȃ (Cyrillic spelling та̑)

feminine nominative singular of taj
neuter nominative plural of taj
neuter accusative plural of taj

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /táː/

Determiner

tȃ

this
(nonstandard) the (definite article)

Inflection

Declension of ta (irregular)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tá	tá	tó
accusative	nominative^inan or genitive^anim	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

Interjection

ta

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

Sumerian

Romanization

ta

Romanization of 𒋫 (ta)

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

-ta

to come

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

-etama

Swedish

Alternative forms

taga (dated)

Etymology

Apocopic form of taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną. Cognate with English take.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɑː/
audio (file)

Verb

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

take; to grab and move to oneself
Han hade tagit kakan.
He had taken the cake.
to bring (along); to carry
Ta med kakan.
Bring the cake.
steal
Inbrottstjuven hade tagit allting.
The burglar had taken everything.
take; catch
Inbrottstjuven togs genast.
The burglar was caught immediately.
take (control over)
Kan du ta över?
Can you take over?
take; make use of
Karl tar cykeln till jobbet.
Karl is taking the bike to work.
take, pick; to choose
Vilket alternativ tar du?
Which option do you choose?
take; to manage; to be able to handle
take; to endure
take; to ingest a medicine or a drug
Patienten hade tagit allting.
The patient had taken everything.
take (a course); to enroll
take (a test)
Han hade tagit provet.
He had taken the test.
take, capture; remove one of the opponent's pieces (e.g. in chess)
take; beat; be victorious
Idrottaren tog medalj.
The athlete took a medal.
(reflexive) to start burning; to go from embers into open flames
Tar elden sig?
Is the fire starting to burn?
(reflexive) (about a plant) take; thrive, persist
take; to have sex with forcefully
Han tog henne bakifrån.
He rammed her from behind.
accept (as means of payment)
Tar ni kort här?
Do you take credit cards?
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		—
Imper. plural¹	tan		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tar	tog	tas	togs
Ind. 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		—
Imper. plural¹	tagen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tager	tog	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.

Antonyms

(to grab): ge

Derived terms

avta
beslagta
bli tagen på sängen
fan ta dig
fan ta er
frita
förta
inta
omhänderta
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 tempen
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
ta överbalansen
tillfångata
tillta
återta
överta

Related terms

tagning

Anagrams

AT

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ta

IPA^(key): /ta/, [tɐ]

Noun

ta (Baybayin spelling ᜆ)

The name of the Latin-script letter T, in the abakada alphabet.
Synonym: (in Filipino alphabet) ti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *ta. Compare Bikol Central ta.

Pronoun

ta (Baybayin spelling ᜆ)

(archaic) by both you and I; of both you and I
Synonyms: natin, nata, nita
Bahay ta.
Our (two) house.
Hintayin ta muna.
Let us (two) wait first.

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

Verb

ta

to come

Turkish

Interjection

ta

(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.)

Adverb

ta

Alternative form of da
- 1929 March 4, “Kuşlar”, in Son Saat‎:
  Cemiyet yardım ediyor, halk ta etmeli...
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Munsee táa (“emphatic”).

Particle

ta

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

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Western Oceanic *ta, possibly from Proto-Oceanic *ta (compare Hawaiian ka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Determiner

ta

the (indefinite)

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ta • (𢧲 - 喒, 偺, 咱, 些)

(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!
we; us

Usage notes

It is a good idea to use ta to translate the English generic you. 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

Adjective

ta • (𢧲 - 喒, 偺, 咱, 些)

(informal) "our", Vietnamese, as opposed to Tây (“Western”), Tàu (“Chinese”) or Xiêm (“Siamese”)
Tết ta ― Vietnamese Lunar New Year

Volapük

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Preposition

ta

against, opposed to, contrary to

Derived terms

taan

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 (velarization) 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”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Particle

ta

(South Wales, colloquial) -ever precedes 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”)

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta/

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

ta

(with nei) to
(physically) up to, until

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

ta

closed, shut

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Wutunhua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰɑ]

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 他.

Pronoun

ta

(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

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, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yola

Alternative forms

to, t'

Etymology

From Middle English to, ta, from Old English tō, ta.

Preposition

ta

to

Derived terms

t'avance
t'drive
t'gie
t'glade
to's
t'oure
t'ouz
t'rapple
t'uck
t'yie
t'zey

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, London: J. Russell Smith, page 71

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tà/

Verb

tà

(transitive, intransitive) to sell something
kí l'a à bá tà k'á fi ra ọmọ? ― what could we possibly have sold to purchase a child?
(proverb on the pricelessness of a child)

Usage notes

ta before a direct object

Derived terms

ìtà (“selling”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Verb

ta

to grow, to form, to become big
uṣu ta, kí uṣu ò ta, ọkọọkan ló gbéṣu àbá mi láti oko rẹ l'Éjìgbò ― If the yam grows big or not, they must carry the yams of my father one by one from his farm in Ejigbo
(family oríkì)
to oppose or refuse something loudly

Usage notes

Usually a stative verb, often used in referencing to tubers (yams, potatoes).

Derived terms

tàápa (“to form a scab”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Verb

ta

(transitive) to splash, pop, explode
gúgúrú ta ― The popcorn popped on the stove
to oppose or refuse something loudly
ìgbìmọ̀ alátakòó ta lórí ọ̀rọ̀ náà ― The opposition opposed the measure very loudly

Usage notes

Usually a stative verb

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Verb

ta

(intransitive) to spring, burst, bounce

Derived terms

tabọ̀n-ùn (“to bounce off swiftly”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Verb

ta

(intransitive, copulative) to shine (as in the sun or daylight)
oòrún ta sí wá lára ― The has shined on us

Derived terms

ìyálẹ̀ta (“noon”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Verb

ta

(transitive) to shoot, fire (from a weapon that releases a projectile).
ọlọ́pàá ta ìbọn ― The police officer fired his gun
(transitive, of an insect or arachnid) to sting
oyín ta wọ́n ― The bee stung them
(transitive) to be spicy, to be hot
atá ta ― The pepper was spicy
(transitive) to kick
ẹṣín ta, ta, ta, ó kú o! ― The horse kicked, kicked, and kicked, and then it died
(transitive) to pick, pluck, floss (as in your teeth)
ó ń fi wá tayín ― He was using us to floss his teeth - Literally, "He was deliberately ignoring us at work"

Derived terms

ata (“pepper”)
ìta (“stinger”)
ọta (“bullet”)
tàbọn (“to shoot a gun”)
tafà (“to shoot an arrow”)
tanípàá (“to kick”)
tàpá

Etymology 7

Most dialects have a different cognate form, see Ekiti ì sí, Ondo è sí, Ẹ̀gbá & Ìjẹ̀bú lè sí, Ijesha yè sí, Iyagba nè ghí. See other Yoruboid languages Isekiri nè sín, Olukumi è ghí, Ede Ije lè é. Likely an innovation among the speakers of the Ọ̀yọ́ dialect of Yoruba, in which the modern Yoruba koine was constructed from.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Pronoun

ta

(interrogative) who, whom, whose
Synonym: (Ekiti) ì sí
ta ni eṣinṣin kò bá gbè fún bí kò ṣe elégbò? ― who else would a fly have sided with other than the one with an open sore or ulcer?
(proverb on partiality)

Usage notes

A information-seeking question word for the human entity which is always followed by ni

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Verb

ta

to stick out visibly, to protrude
eyín ta síta ― The tooth stuck out

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Verb

ta

(ergative) to spin something, to roll
ó ta òkòtó ― She spun the spinning top

Usage notes

Usually a stative verb

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Verb

ta

to snatch (suddenly)
àṣá idìí ta òròmọdìẹ nílẹ̀ ― The hawk snatch a chick from the ground

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tā/

Verb

ta

to flirt, to talk with teasing affection
Synonym: tage
àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti ọmọbìnrin ń tage ― The young boys and girls were flirting with each other

Zou

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta˧/

Adjective

ta

hard

References

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

[1] “ta”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989.

[2] "ta" in Oxford Living Dictionaries

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

[4] Ivar Aasen (1850), “ut-av”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

[5] Tadeusz Lehr (1914), “O mowie Polaków w Galicji wschodniej”, in Język Polski‎, page 50

[6] B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ta”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

[7] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

ta

Translingual

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

Usage notes

Translations

See also

Preposition

Etymology 3

Noun

Synonyms

References

Anagrams

Abenaki

Conjunction

Afar

Pronunciation

Determiner

Derived terms

See also

References

Aghu Tharrnggala

Verb

Further reading

Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

Angloromani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Conjunction

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

Asturian

Verb

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Particle

Further reading

Basque

Conjunction

Bassa

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Synonyms

Pronunciation

Conjunction

See also

Burushaski

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Cebuano

Pronoun

See also

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

Chamorro

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

See also

References

Chavacano

Etymology

Adverb

Chinese