tå
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse tá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔː/, [tˢɔːˀ]
Noun
tå c (singular definite tåen, plural indefinite tæer)
- toe (part of a foot; also part of a sock, stocking or shoe)
Inflection
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tå | tåen | tæer | tæerne |
genitive | tås | tåens | tæers | tæernes |
Derived terms
- fra top til tå
- storetå
- tånegl
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse tá.
Noun
tå f or m (definite singular tåa or tåen, indefinite plural tær, definite plural tærne)
- a toe (part of a foot; also part of a sock, stocking or shoe)
Derived terms
- fra topp til tå
- stortå
- tånegl
References
- “tå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ. from the Proto-Indo-European root *deyḱ- (“to point out”). Cognate with Latin digitus.
Alternative forms
- Taa, taa (obsolete spellings)
Noun
tå f (definite singular tåa, indefinite plural tær, definite plural tærne)
- a toe (part of a foot; also part of a sock, stocking or shoe)
Derived terms
- frå topp til tå
- litletå
- stortå
- vesletå
Etymology 2
From Old Norse þá, from Proto-Germanic *þawō. Related to the verb tø (from Old Norse þeyja). Related to English thaw.
Noun
tå f (definite singular tåa, indefinite plural tåer, definite plural tåene)
- thawed ground; ground that is free from frost and ice
Adjective
tå (neuter singular tått, definite singular and plural tå or tåe, comparative tåare, indefinite superlative tåast, definite superlative tåaste)
- thawed, bare, free of ice and frost
- Synonyms: berr, telefri
Derived terms
- tåe
- tåen
Etymology 3
There is a suspected relation to tæ and teia, from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ (tawido, “I made”), from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.
Verb
tå (present tense tår, past tense tådde, past participle tådd/tått, passive infinitive tåast, present participle tåande, imperative tå)
- (transitive) to pick apart, dissolve
Etymology 4
Aasen, in his 1850 dictionary, lists it as a variant of ut av.[1][2] As such, the origin of this word is not to dissimilar from that of på (“on”) from Old Norse upp á. See also tu and poinni.
Alternative forms
- ta (the same etymology)
- taa (obsolete spelling)
Preposition
tå
- (dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Nonstandard form of av.
- Æ skjønne itj bæra tå det som stend ti paperom
- I don't understand a word of what is written in the papers
- Æ skjønne itj bæra tå det som stend ti paperom
- 2018, NDL (lyrics and music), “Morgan Cockaine”, in Demo:
- Æ drømme' mæ bort i dokkers røyk tå krutt, sjarm og ildvann.
- I'm dreaming me away in your's smoke of gunpowder, charme and firewater
Adverb
tå
- (dialectal) Nonstandard form of av.
References
- “tå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Ivar Aasen (1850), “taa”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
- Ivar Aasen (1850), “ut-av”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
Anagrams
- åt
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ta, from Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toː/, [tʰoː]
audio (file)
Noun
tå c
- (anatomy) toe; a body part
Inflection
Declension of tå | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tå | tån | tår | tårna |
Genitive | tås | tåns | tårs | tårnas |
Derived terms
- barntå
- från topp till tå
- gå på tå
- lilltå
- partåig
- stortå
- trampa någon på tårna
- tåbira
- tåfis
- tåfjutt
- tåled
- tånagel
- tåpaj
- uddatåig
See also
- fot
Further reading
- tå in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- åt
Tircul
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪əm/
Numeral
- 1 (one)
See also
- (Pyu digits):