ta

ta

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

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.

• taa

• IPA^(key): /tɑː/, [tʰɑː]

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

ta

1. (colloquial, chiefly Commonwealth) Thanks.

   Ta for the cup of tea.

2. (Canada, childish) give (imperative)

   Mommy 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.

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 (AU)

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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)‎, 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

• The template Template:R:Angloromani Dictionary does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.“ta”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006

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.

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ta

1. Alternative form of eta

• 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, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

From Spanish está.

ta

1. Indicates the present tense.

ta

1. Alternative form of TA (tā)

• IPA^(key): [ˈta]

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ta

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

• ta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• ta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• ta in Internetová jazyková příručka

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, 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.

• “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

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

• IPA^(key): /ta/

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ta f

1. your

   Quel âge a ta grand-mère ?

   How old is your grandmother?

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

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

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ta/, [tə]

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

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, 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

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): /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.

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. (with the pronominal suffix -ha) to become addicted [+ għal (object)]

   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.

• ngħata

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. Clipping of kita.

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

• IPA^(key): /tʰɑː/

• ta

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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/

• ta

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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

• 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(ː)/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ta/, /tɒ/

ta

1. emphatic particle

• Polish: ta

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (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

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 (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 lesendo 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')

• Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

From Proto-Bantu *-jìja.

-ta

1. to come

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ta/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta

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

ta f

1. this (nearby, feminine)

• ten m
• to n

Clipping of tak.

ta

1. (colloquial) yes

Borrowed from Ukrainian та (ta).[1]

ta

1. (regional) and

   Synonyms: a, i

Inherited from Old Polish ta.

ta

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

   Synonyms: (not productive) -ć, -ż

• 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

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/

• Audio

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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)

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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/

• audio

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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

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

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜆ (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.

ta (Baybayin spelling ᜆ)

1. (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.

• 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, 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