ta

ta

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

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks.^[1][2]

Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

• taa

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/, [tʰɑː]

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

ta

1. (colloquial, chiefly Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) Thanks.

   Ta for the cup of tea.

2. (Commonwealth, childish) give (imperative)

   Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!

The expression ta ta differs, meaning goodbye.

• ta everso
• ta muchly

• IPA^(key): /tə/

ta

1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.

   hasta

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.

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

ta (uncountable)

1. (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

• 'at, A-T, A/T, AT, at, at-

ta

1. and

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/ [ˈtʌ]

tá

1. this, these (feminine)

• 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)‎^[6], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

ta

1. see

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

• IPA^(key): /ta/

ta

1. fire

• da, te, ti

From Romani thaj.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʰə]

ta

1. and

• “ta”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[7], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 6

alternative form of enta

Maybe borrowed from Occitan entà, used only in Gascon.

ta

1. toward, towards

   Ta la dreta ye la botiga de Francho. ― To the right is Francho's shop.

2. alternative form of pa (in benasqués and chistavín)

• a ta
• (a) tauã

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

ta f (masculine tãu, feminine plural tali or tale, masculine plural tãi)

1. feminine singular of tãu (“your”)

ta

1. third-person singular present indicative of tar

From Persian تا.

ta

1. 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 üçün ta 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

• “ta” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Arabic طَاء (ṭāʔ).

ta (definite accusative tanı, plural talar)

1. the Arabic letter ط

• “ta” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): /ta/ [t̪a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta

ta

1. alternative form of eta (“and”)

• “ta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): [tʰa]

ta

1. tip (extremity)

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

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *ta.

• IPA^(key): /ta/ [ta]

tá (Basahan spelling ᜆ)

1. by us, of us (including the person spoken to)

   Linigan ta an kuwarto mo.

   Let's (Let us) clean your room.

2. our

   Mga pirang lakaw sana an harong ta.

   Our house is just a few walks away.

• niyato

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *taq.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔ/ [ˈtaʔ]

tà (Basahan spelling ᜆ)

1. because

   Synonyms: huli, dahil, porke

   Nag(p)uli na sana kami, ta banggi na.

   We just went home because it's already nighttime.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/ [ˈt̪a]

ta (Badlit spelling ᜆ)

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

ta

1. you

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

• IPA^(key): /tæ/

ta

1. we (inclusive)

• 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.

• Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎^[8], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Inherited from Spanish clipping of está.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/, [ˈt̪a]

ta

1. indicates the present tense

ta

1. alternative form of TA (tā)

From ty.

ta

1. you
2. Reduced form of ty

• IPA^(key): [ˈta]

• Audio:

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ta

1. inflection of ten:
   1. nominative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

• “ta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Cognate with Vai ꕚꕌ (táá).

ta

1. go

• Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

ta

1. clipping of tage

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rta.

ta

1. horse

• Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎^[9], Santa Barbara: University of California

ta

1. because

ta

1. second person; you (singular)

• taha

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

• IPA^(key): /tɑ/

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

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

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

Declension of ta
3rd person	singular		plural
	long	short	long	short
nominative	tema	ta	nemad	nad
genitive	tema	ta	nende	nende
partitive	teda		neid
illative	temasse	tasse	nendesse	neisse
inessive	temas	tas	nendes	neis
elative	temast	tast	nendest	neist
allative	temale	talle	nendele	neile
adessive	temal	tal	nendel	neil
ablative	temalt	talt	nendelt	neilt
translative	temaks	–	nendeks	neiks
terminative	temani	–	nendeni	–
essive	temana	–	nendena	–
abessive	temata	–	nendeta	–
comitative	temaga	taga	nendega	–

Estonian personal pronouns
		singular		plural
		long	short	long	short
1st person		mina	ma	meie	me
2nd person	familiar	sina	sa	teie	te
	polite	Teie	Te
3rd person	animate	tema	ta	nemad	nad
	inanimate	see		need

• “ta”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “ta”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• ta in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

ta

1. chapter
2. head (part of the body)

ta

1. to castrate
2. to crawl (to move slowly on hands and knees)
3. to neuter

• IPA^(key): [tɛa]

ta (demonstrative)

1. that, accusative singular feminine form of tann

   ta ferðina

   at that (certain) time

ta

1. feminine singular of ton

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

• IPA^(key): /ta/

• Audio:

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ta f

1. your

   Quel âge a ta grand-mère ?

   How old is your grandmother?

Ta can only be used before feminine singular nouns and adjectives that begin with either a consonant or an aspirated H. The masculine form ton is used before feminine singular nouns and adjectives that begin with either a vowel or muted H.

• “ta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ta/, [ta]

ta

1. alternative spelling of taa

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

• IPA^(key): /ta/

From French tard (“late”).

ta

1. late

ta

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

ta

1. Niʻihau form of ka (“the”)

   Ta matua.

   The parent.

• IPA^(key): /ta/

ta (plural ti)

1. 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.

ta

1. alternative form of ita

   Ta kamizo esas verda. ― That shirt is green.

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

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.

ta

1. The hiragana syllable た (ta) or the katakana syllable タ (ta) in Hepburn romanization.

ta

1. rain

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/ [ˈtä]

ta

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

   Synonyms: ikata, itamu, kata, tamu, ikatamu, katamu

2. that; it (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)

   Synonyms: aita, auta, iyan, yan, ayan, auyan

ta

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

   Synonyms: ikata, itamu, kata, tamu, ikatamu, katamu

2. that; it (far from both the speaker and the person addressed)

   Synonyms: aita, auta, iyan, yan, ayan, auyan

ta

1. Used to express an exclamatory reaction to the look or condition of something; typically occurs after the suffix -an or -n

   Anang karokan ta.

   How awful!

   Sintanan ta.

   I love it.

2. Used to indicate the speaker's intent to elicit an explanation or facts from the listener; typically occurs after the suffix -an or -n

   Daneng nanung pamayaliwan ta?

   What the hell is the difference?

   Nanu naman ta?

   So, what is it?

3. Expresses the speaker's determination or serves as a request for the listener to take a specific action; typically occurs after the suffix -an or -n

   Ipagpanigaralan ta.

   I was made to study.

   Panikuwanan ta.

   I'm gonna take it as long as possible.

4. an assertion that emphasizes the cause, reason, grounds, or realization etc.

   Kailangan ta.

   It's important.

   Mengaga ku, kapanasakitan ta.

   I cried, (because) it hurt me so bad.

Regional variants of ta

North Karelian (Viena)	ta
South Karelian (Tver)	da

Borrowed from Russian да (da).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ/
• Hyphenation: ta

ta

1. (North Karelian) and

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “ta”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[10], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “и”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

ta (followed by noun or pronoun)

1. like, as^[1]

ta

1. see

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

ta

1. this (inanimate)

   Synonym: na (animate)

   nəti ta ― What is this?

• David E. Watters (2006) “Notes on Kusunda Grammar: A Language Isolate of Nepal”, in Himalayan Linguistics‎^[11], page 48

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

-ta

1. to come

ta

1. nominative/instrumental feminine singular of tas

• tämā

From Proto-Uralic *tä. Compare Estonian tema.

ta

1. he, she; third-person pronoun, referring to someone other than the speaker or addressee

• minā, ma
• sinā, sa

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

• IPA^(key): [ta]

ta

1. nominative feminine singular of ten

• IPA^(key): /təə/

ta

1. to say

• Grayson Ziegler (2022) “Tenselessness in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[12], volume 3, number 1

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

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

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

1. to give

   Tani l-flus. ― He gave me money.

   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pjazza”, in Fl-Arena:

     Kulħadd jimxi, kollox lajma,
     jirkeb biss xi sinjur kbir:
     bini l-għatx u tawni nixrob
     minn ġos-satal fuq il-bir.
     

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to undertake, to conduct
3. to fight

   Qabdu jagħtu. ― They started to fight.

4. to beat, to strike, to hit

   Tawh sakemm qatluh. ― They beat him until they killed him.

5. to apply
6. to take place
7. to describe
8. (usually with the verb kell) to owe (money)

   Kemm għandi nagħtik? ― How much do I owe you?

9. to become addicted [with -ha ‘dummy pronominal suffix’ and għal]

   Taha għan-nisa ― He is taken to women

• 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.

From taf (“you know”).

ta

1. Postpositioned after a statement, used for minor emphasis.

   Din hija ħaġa importanti, ta, tinsihiex.

   This is important, you know, don’t forget it.

ta (ta⁵ / ta⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄚ)

1. nonstandard spelling of tā
2. nonstandard spelling of tá
3. nonstandard spelling of tǎ
4. nonstandard spelling of tà

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

• TA

• t’ (apocopic)

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

ta

1. present indicative independent of bee

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

• IPA^(key): /tá/, /tà/

ta

1. father

• dada

• IPA^(key): /tǎ/

tǎ

1. a male animal
2. an intact (not castrated) male animal

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.

ta m

1. day

• “ta” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

• IPA^(key): /ta/
• Homophone: ta-

ta

1. short for kita

• The short form ta are very dependant and can't be used as an accusative object.

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

• IPA^(key): /tʰɑː/

• Audio:

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

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

   ta en øl ― have a beer

3. to do

   Vi kan ta det senere. ― We can do it later.

• “ta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From earlier and Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną. Akin to English take.

• taka (long form with a- or split infinitive)
• take (long form with e-infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

• Audio:

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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)

1. to take (to grab with the hands)
2. to catch (to capture)

• tak
• -tekt

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.

ta

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

ta

1. (dialectal) off
   • 1953, Reidar Holtvedt, 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.

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

• at

• tahe

From Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

tā f (nominative plural tān)

1. (anatomy) toe
   • Laws of King Athelberht

     Ġif þāre myċċlan taan nægl of weorpeþ, XXX sċætta tō bōt.

     If the nail of the big toe is torn off, recompense shall be thirty sceats.

Weak feminine (n-stem):

• Middle English: ta, to
  • English: toe
  • Scots: tae

From Latin tua, feminine of tuus.

ta f (masculine ton, plural tes)

1. your (second-person singular possessive)

• French: ta

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

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ta/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ta/

ta

1. (attested in Greater Poland) emphatic particle
   • 1959 [1430], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 1348, Poznań:

     Jszem czom wsąl troye cony, vosz y schekira, tom wsal w mego pąna v szapuscze, gdzyes ta nykt nye rabi, yedno czo v Brodi przedawa

     [Iżem com wziął troje koni, woz i siekirę, tom wziął u mego pana w zapuście, gdzież ta nikt nie rąbi, jedno co u Brody przedawa]

• Polish: ta

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ta”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

ta

1. jerky, dried meat

• Omaha Ponca digital dictionary

Palauan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ta

From Pre-Palauan *ta, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

ta

1. one

From Sanskrit स (sa), तद् (tad, “this, that”).

ta

1. (demonstrative) that
2. that one

The case form tad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. taṃ is also used as the prefixed combing form.

• na

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

ta m

1. he, it, that one

ta n

1. it
   • (Can we date this quote?), Laobounkird, Anisongfree‎^[13] (overall work 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.

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.

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

From Spanish estar and Portuguese estar and Kabuverdianu sta.

ta

1. to be

   Papiamentu ta un idioma krioyo

   Papiamentu is a creole language.

   Mi gusta e kas aki, pero e ta muchu karu.

   I like this house, but it's too expensive.

2. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)

   Mi ta lesando un buki.

   I'm reading a book.

Hoyer, W. M. (1936) Vocabulary and dialogues: English - Papiamento - Dutch, Curaçao: Hollandsche Boekhandel

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

• IPA^(key): /ta/

ta (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling تہ)

1. Particle with different-subject marking function (variously corresponding to 'when, then, so (that), and')

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “ta”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[14], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

-ta

1. to come

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta

ta f

1. this (nearby, feminine)

• ten m
• to n

Clipping of tak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta

ta

1. (colloquial) yes

Borrowed from Ukrainian та (ta).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta

ta

1. (regional) and

   Synonyms: a, i

Inherited from Old Polish ta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta

ta

1. (regional, often attached to a verb) emphatic particle

   Synonyms: (not productive) -ć, -ż

Clipping of tam.

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta

ta (not comparable)

1. (Kuyavia, Przemyśl, Lasovia) alternative form of tam

• ta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ta”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ta”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “ta”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 1
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ta”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
• M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Ta on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl
• Józef Bliziński (1860) “ta”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 631
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “ta”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 277
• Aleksander Saloni (1908) “ta”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 342
• Oskar Kolberg (1865) “ta”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 265

ta f sg

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ta/

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• Rhymes: -a

ta

1. feminine singular of tău (“your”)

   Dani are cartea ta.

   Dani has your book.

ta f (possessive pronouns preceded by a)

1. yours (singular)

Rotuman cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ta

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

ta

1. one

• IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˥˩/

ta

1. grandfather
2. A respectful title for a man.

• IPA^(key): /tˠa˥/

ta

1. full of weeds

• IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˧/

ta

1. thick

• IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˩/

ta (plural nta)

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

• IPA^(key): /tˠa̤˩/

ta

1. bunch (of bananas)

• IPA^(key): /tâː/

tȃ (Cyrillic spelling та̑)

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

From Proto-Slavic *tъ.

• IPA^(key): /táː/

tȃ

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

ta

1. (Uruguay) alternative spelling of tá (“okay”)

• “ta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

ta

1. romanization of 𒋫 (ta)

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

-ta

1. to come

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• -etama

• taga (dated)

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

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/

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

1. take; to grab and move to oneself

   Han hade tagit kakan.

   He had taken the cake.

2. to bring (along); to carry

   Ta med kakan.

   Bring the cake.

3. steal

   Inbrottstjuven hade tagit allting.

   The burglar had taken everything.

4. take; catch

   Inbrottstjuven togs genast.

   The burglar was caught immediately.

5. take (control over)

   Kan du ta över?

   Can you take over?

6. take; make use of

   Karl tar cykeln till jobbet.

   Karl is taking 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

    Patienten hade tagit allting.

    The patient had taken everything.

11. take (a course); to enroll
12. take (a test)

    Han hade tagit blodprovet.

    He had taken the blood test.

13. take, capture; remove one of the opponent's pieces (e.g. in chess)
14. take; beat; be victorious

    Idrottaren tog medalj.

    The athlete took a medal.

15. (reflexive) to start burning; to go from embers into open flames

    Tar elden sig?

    Is the fire starting to burn?

16. (reflexive) (about a plant) take; thrive, persist
17. take; to have sex with forcefully

    Han tog henne bakifrån.

    He rammed her from behind.

18. accept (as means of payment)

    Tar ni kort här?

    Do you take credit cards?

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

    Resan tar en timme.

    The trip will take an hour.

20. (followed by och and a verb) to do, to get down to doing (something requiring some degree of decisiveness)

    Det ser ut som en svinstia här inne. Jag borde ta och städa.

    It looks like a pigsty in here. I should do some cleaning up.

• (antonym(s) of “to grab”): ge

• tagning

• ta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• AT

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜆ (ta).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ta/ [t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta

ta (Baybayin spelling ᜆ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter T/t, in the Abakada alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) ti, (in the Abecedario) te

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ta/ [t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta

ta (Baybayin spelling ᜆ) (archaic)

1. 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.

Borrowed from Ilocano ta, from Proto-Philippine *taq (“because”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ta/ [t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta

ta (Baybayin spelling ᜆ) (Baguio, Cagayan, Ilocos)

1. because, since

   Synonyms: dahil, sapagkat

   Nag-jeep ako ta wala nang taxi.

   I rode a jeep because there wasn't any taxi anymore.

Clipping of sandata (“weapon”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ta/ [t̪ɐ], /ˈtaʔ/ [ˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -a, -aʔ
• Syllabification: ta

ta or tâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆ) (military)

1. command of execution for commands involving weapons such as a rifle or a sword

• “ta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taq₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• at

• IPA^(key): /ta/

-ta

1. (interrogative) how, in what manner

   Bakikora bata? ― How do they do it?

   • 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Luka 10:26:

     Yesu yamugarukamu ati: “Omu Biragiro kikahandiikwa kita? Osomamu ota?”

     Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you understand from it?”

     (literally, “Jesus answered: ‘How was it written in the laws? How do you read in it?’”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[15], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 428

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

ta

1. to come

• te

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تا (tā),^[1][2][3] from Persian تا (tâ, “up to, until”).^[4]

• IPA^(key): /ˈta/
• Hyphenation: ta

ta

1. Used with postpositions like dek, değin, kadar, beri etc. to emphasize the beginning or the end of a thing with regards to time or distance.

   Ta sahile kadar koştu. ― He ran all the way to the coast.

   Burada ta 1'den beri seni bekliyorum. ― I've been waiting for you here since 1.

   Sınavdan geçmek için ta gündoğumuna kadar ders çalıştı. ― She studied till sunrise to pass the exam.

• “ta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ta³”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4511

Cognate with Munsee táa (“emphatic”).

ta

1. indeed, definitely

adds emphasis to a statement or command.

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “ta”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

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

• IPA^(key): /ta/

ta

1. the (indefinite)

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taː˧˧]

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

ta • (些, 𢧲)

1. (informal) "our", Vietnamese, as opposed to Tây (“Western”), Tàu (“Chinese”) or Xiêm (“Siamese”)

   Tết ta ― Vietnamese Lunar New Year

ta • (些, 𢧲)

1. (archaic, now literary) I; me
   • 2005, Duy Mạnh, “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!

2. we; us

• It might be 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, like as agonists). It is used in conjunction with mi (informal) or ngươi (formal) for "you".

• tôi; tui
• min
• tao; tau

• ngươi; mi (“you”)
• mình (“I; me; we; us”)

ta • (些, 𢧲)

1. (colloquial, informal) final particle used to reinforce a question, to express surprise, or to indicate familiarity with whom the person is speaking with

   Synonyms: vậy, thế, rứa

   Sao kì vậy ta?

   Why so strange? / What's wrong with you?

   Ông già quê ở đâu ta?

   Where is your hometown, old man?

   Giỏi quá ta!

   Good job, you!

See tau. This form reflects the local South Central shift of /aw/ > /aː/. Compare mainstream nhau vs. South Central nha (“each other”), mainstream màu vs. South Central mà (“colour”).

Although innovative, the historical nucleus thus shows affiliation with the North Central dialects (*oː > /aw/ > /aː/) instead of Northern-Southern *oː > /aːw/.

Despite nearly identical semantics, not related to etymology 1 above.

ta

1. (South Central Vietnam) I/me

   Coordinate term: mi

   Reng ta núa mi không nghe?

   Why don't you listen to what I'm saying?

• IPA^(key): /ta/

ta

1. against, opposed to, contrary to

• taan

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Ultimately from bynnag (“-ever”). Initially, bynnag began preceding rather than following the word it qualfied, for example, beth bynnag (“whatever”) became bynnag beth. The initial g of bynnag was velarised to produce gynnag beth, whereupon the word was reanalysed as the phrase gan nag, a southern colloquial form of gan nad, literally "since (that) not". The apparent inconsistency of negative nag being a part of a phrase with no negative connotations led its replacement 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 customary, leading to such forms as ta beth (“whatever”) today.^[1]

ta

1. (South Wales, informal) -ever precedes interrogative pronouns to form indefinite pronouns

   Synonym: bynnag

• ta beth (“whatever”)
• ta ble (“wherever”)
• ta faint (“however many”)
• ta pryd (“whenever”)
• ta pwy (“whoever, whomever”)

Clipping of petai (“if it were”), itself a combination of pe (“if”) +‎ tai (“third-person singular counterfactual impferfect subjunctive of bod (“to be”)”).

ta

1. if it were

• Found in the phrase ta waeth (“anyway, however”, literally “if it were worse”).

• ta waeth (“anyway, however”)

• IPA^(key): /ta/

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

ta

1. (with nei) to
2. (physically) up to, until

• “ta”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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

ta

1. closed, shut

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• “ta”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

• IPA^(key): [tʰɑ]

From Mandarin 他 (tā).

ta

1. (apparently uncommon) he, she, it (chiefly used in reported speech)

gu is the usual third-person pronoun in Wutunhua, and not the conventional Mandarin ta.

From Tibetan ཐལ (thal), as in གོ་ཐལ (go thal).

ta

1. ashes

• 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^[16], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

• to, t'

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

• IPA^(key): /tə/, /t/^[1]

ta

1. to^[2]
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 100:

     A laafe ing lemethès chote wel ta ba zang,

     A leaf in tatters, I know well to be sung,

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:

     At ye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear jock an cooan.

     That you may never be unprovided to fill an empty jack and can.

From Proto-Yoruba *tà, from Proto-Edekiri *tà, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *tà. Compare with Igala tà, Itsekiri tà

• IPA^(key): /tà/

tà

1. (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)

• ta before a direct object

• ìtà (“selling”)

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. 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)

2. to oppose or refuse something loudly

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

• tàápa (“to form a scab”)

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. (transitive) to splash, pop, explode

   gúgúrú ta ― The popcorn popped on the stove

2. to oppose or refuse something loudly

   ìgbìmọ̀ alátakòó ta lórí ọ̀rọ̀ náà ― The opposition opposed the measure very loudly

• Usually a stative verb

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. (intransitive) to spring, burst, bounce

• tabọ̀n-ùn (“to bounce off swiftly”)

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. (intransitive, copulative) to shine (as in the sun or daylight)

   oòrún ta sí wá lára ― The has shined on us

• ìyálẹ̀ta (“noon”)

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. (transitive) to shoot, fire (from a weapon that releases a projectile).

   ọlọ́pàá ta ìbọn ― The police officer fired his gun

2. (transitive, of an insect or arachnid) to sting

   oyín ta wọ́n ― The bee stung them

3. (transitive) to be spicy, to be hot

   atá ta ― The pepper was spicy

4. (transitive) to kick

   ẹṣín ta, ta, ta, ó kú o! ― The horse kicked, kicked, and kicked, and then it died

5. (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"

Most dialects have a different cognate form, see Yoruba Varieties and Languages chart below for cognates. Likely an innovation among the speakers of the Ọ̀yọ́ dialect of Yoruba, in which the modern Yoruba koine was constructed from.

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. (interrogative) who, whom, whose

   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)

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

Yoruba varieties and languages: ta ni (“who, whose, whom”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	lè sí, lèé, lí
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	lè sí, lèé, lí
				Ìkòròdú	lè sí, lèé, lí
				Ṣágámù	lè sí, lèé, lí
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	nẹ̀ẹ́, nẹ̀ẹ́ sí
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	è sí
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	sí
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	nẹ̀ sín
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	è ghí
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ì sí
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ì sí
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ì sí
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)		Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)	yè sí
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)		Iléṣà (Uléṣà)	yè sí
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ẹ̀sí
				Ìgbẹsà	ẹ̀sí
				Ọ̀tà	ẹ̀sí
				Agége	ẹ̀sí
				Ìlogbò Erémi	ẹ̀sí
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	lè sí, ta ni
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ìjàká	lè é, èsí
		Èkó		Èkó	ta ni
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ta ni
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	ta ni
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ta ni
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ta ni
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ta ni
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ta ni
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà		Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó	lè, lè hí
		Owé		Kabba	láun, la, lẹ
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	nɛ̀ɛ́
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	lèé
				Tchaourou	lèé
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	lèé
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	lèé
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	lèé
				Onigbolo	lè é, èsí
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	le
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	nɛ̀ɛ́
				Atakpamɛ	nɛ̀ɛ́
				Boko	nɛ̀ɛ́
				Moretan	nɛ̀ɛ́
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	nɛ̀ɛ́
		Kura		Aledjo-Koura	ìsí
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	yoi
		Northern Nago		Kambole	èsí
				Manigri	èsí
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. to stick out visibly, to protrude

   eyín ta síta ― The tooth stuck out

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. (ergative) to spin something, to roll

   ó ta òkòtó ― She spun the spinning top

• Usually a stative verb

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. to snatch (suddenly)

   àṣá idìí ta òròmọdìẹ nílẹ̀ ― The hawk snatch a chick from the ground

• IPA^(key): /tā/

ta

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /ta˧/

ta

1. hard

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