Translingual

Symbol

Ta

1. (chemistry) Symbol for tantalum.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Alternative forms

• taa

Interjection

ta

1. (colloquial, chiefly Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) Thanks.

   Ta for the cup of tea.‎

Translations

Usage notes

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

See also

• ta everso
• ta muchly

Etymology 2

Preposition

ta

1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing dialects including African American Vernacular English, Cockney, Irish English and Northern England English.

Anagrams

• 'at, AT, at

Abenaki

Conjunction

ta

1. and

Ama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Noun

ta

1. fire

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

Asturian

Verb

ta

1. third-person singular present indicative of tar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

ta

1. singular feminine nominative of ten
2. plural neuter nominative of ten
3. plural neuter accusative of ten

Dupaninan Agta

Conjunction

ta

1. because

Estonian

Pronoun

ta ‎(personal, long form tema)

1. he/she

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛa]

Pronoun

ta ‎(demonstrative)

1. that, accusative singular female form of tann

   ta ferðina‎

   at that (certain) time

Declension

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Determiner

ta f

1. your

Related terms

Haitian Creole

Adverb

ta

1. Indicates the conditional mood.

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

ta ‎(plural ti)

1. Alternative form of ita

   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.

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.

Japanese

Romanization

ta

1. rōmaji reading of た
2. rōmaji reading of タ

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

See also

• minā, ma
• sinā, sa

References

Renāte Blumberga, Tapio Mäkeläinen, Karl Pajusalu (2013), Lībieši: vēsture, valoda un kultūra, Rīga: Līvõ Kultūr sidām, ISBN 978-9984-49-730-3

Lojban

Cmavo

ta ‎(rafsi taz)

1. that; those

Related terms

• ti
• tu

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta]

Determiner

ta

1. nominative feminine singular of ten

Maltese

Etymology

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

Verb

ta (imperfect jagħti, past participle mogħti)

1. give

Conjugation

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.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish at·tá, from Proto-Celtic *ad-tāyo- (compare Welsh taw ‎(“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‎(“stand”)

Verb

ta

1. independent present indicative of bee

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

1. to take (to grab with the hands)
2. to have

   ta en øl - have a beer

Derived terms

References

• “ta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of taka

Derived terms

• påtatt

Novial

Pronoun

ta

1. that (which is female)

Related terms

• to
• te
• tu

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ. Cognate with Middle Dutch tee (Dutch teen), Old High German zēha (German Zeh, Zehe), Old Norse tá (Swedish tå).

Noun

tā f ‎(nominative plural tān)

1. toe

Descendants

• English: toe
• Scots: tae

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

Papiamentu

Verb

ta

1. is

Polish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *ta, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪a/

Pronoun

ta f

1. (demonstrative) this (nearby, feminine)

Declension

See also

• ten m
• to n

Etymology 2

Shortened from tak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪a/, /t̪aː/

Interjection

ta

1. (colloquial) yes

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Determiner

ta

1. feminine singular of tău your

   Dani are cartea ta.‎

   Dani has your book.

Pronoun

ta f ‎(possessive pronouns)

1. (preceded by "a") yours (singular)

Rotuman

Etymology

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

Numeral

ta

1. (cardinal) one

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtáː/
• Tonal orthography: tȃ

Determiner

tá

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

Declension

Swedish

Alternative forms

• taga (dated)

Etymology

From taga, from Old Swedish taka, from Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g-, *dh₁g- ‎(“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

Verb

ta

1. take; to grab and move to oneself
2. to bring (along); to carry
3. steal

   Inbrottstjuven hade tagit allting.‎

   The burglar had taken everything.

4. take; catch

   Inbrottstjuven togs genast.‎

   The burglar was taken immediately.

5. take (control over)
6. take; make use of

   Karl tar cykeln till jobbet.‎

   Karl takes 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
11. take (a course); to enroll
12. take (a test)
13. take; remove one of the opponents pieces (in certain kind of board games, such as chess)
14. take; beat; be victorious
15. (reflexive) to start burning
16. (reflexive) to burn more intensely or hotter; to go from embers into open flames
17. (reflexive) (about a plant) take; thrive, persist
18. take; to have sex with forcefully
19. accept (as means of payment)

    Tar ni kort här?‎

    Do you accept credit cards?

20. take, to last (an amount of time)

    Resan tar en timme.‎

    The trip will take an hour.

Conjugation

Antonyms

• (to grab): ge

Related terms

• tagning

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ta ‎(咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

1. (archaic) I; me
2. (literary) I; me
3. we; us

Synonyms

• tôi; tui
• min
• tao; tau

Antonyms

• ngươi; mi (1)
• mình (2)

Adjective

ta ‎(咱, 喒, 些, 偺)

1. (informal) Vietnamese

   Tết ta‎ ― Vietnamese Lunar New Year

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ta

Preposition

ta

1. against, opposed to, contrary to

Derived terms

• taan