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U+1010, တ
MYANMAR LETTER TA

Myanmar

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Letter

(ta.)

  1. Ta, the 17th letter of the Burmese alphabet

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of တစ် (tac, one).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: တ', ဒ'
  • IPA(key): /tə/, /də/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta. • ALA-LC: ta • BGN/PCGN: tă/dă • Okell: tă/tă

Numeral

(ta.) (digit )

  1. Alternative spelling of တစ် (tac, one (numeral)[1]

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ta' "complain; long for"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta. • ALA-LC: ta • BGN/PCGN: ta. • Okell:
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Verb

(ta.)

  1. to long for,[1] yearn for, wish for (someone or something)
  2. to recall, reminisce
  3. to invoke
Derived terms

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Grouped with the "Burmese letter" sense by MED, which likely isn't correct. Not given etymology by STEDT (ta' "( adv. prefix )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: တ', ဒ'
  • IPA(key): /tə/, /də/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta. • ALA-LC: ta • BGN/PCGN: tă/dă • Okell: tă/tă

Prefix

(ta.)

  1. prefixed to simple verb or to some compound one alternately for forming adverb[2]
    Synonym: (a.)
    စောင်းကြည့်သည်ta.caung:krany.sanyto look sideways
    လဲလဲta.lai:lai:by turns
    မတ်မတ်ta.matmatin a standing posture
    အဆောလျင်a.hcau:ta.lyangquickly (< ဆောလျင်)
    စိုးရိမ်ရိမ်ta.cui:rim-rimanxiously (< စိုးရိမ်)
Derived terms

(some terms may belong to the "letter" sense of Etymology 1)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 တ, 1; တ, 2” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 447.
  2. ^ Judson, A. (1866) Grammar of the Burmese Language, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 42

Further reading

Mon

Pronunciation

Letter

(ta)

  1. Ta, the sixteenth consonant of the Mon alphabet.

Noun

(ta)

  1. father.

Synonyms

Verb

(ta)

  1. to vomit.

Synonyms

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of ta ("that")

Usage notes

The case form တဒ် (tad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the asat and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.

Declension

Pronoun

 m

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of ta ("he, it")

Declension

Pronoun

 n

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of ta ("it")

Usage notes

The case form တဒ် (tad) is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form. Before vowels, the asat and independent vowel coalesce to the corresponding dependent vowel.

Declension

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen .

Alternative forms

Numeral

(ta)

  1. one

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(t/d)a (do not).

Particle

(ta)

  1. not (prefixed to the verb and used together with the negative final particle ဘၣ် ())
    သ့ၣ်ညါဘၣ်
    yatathaỳ nyah
    I do not know.
    .