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Faroese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse tá .
Noun
tá f (genitive singular táar , plural tær )
toe
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Norse þá , from Proto-Germanic *þan ( “ then ” ) . Compare Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽 ( þan ) , Old English þan and þā .
Adverb
tá
then
Conjunction
tá
when
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
tá (plural ták )
a syllable used in solfège to represent the quarter note as a rhythm, usually accompanied by clapping
dash ( the longer of the two symbols of Morse code )
Declension
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Norse tá .
Noun
tá f (genitive singular táar , nominative plural tær )
toe
Declension
Declension of tá (feminine )
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Norse tá , from Proto-Germanic *tanhwą .
Noun
tá n (genitive singular tás , nominative plural tá )
path , footpath
Declension
Declension of tá (neuter )
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ταῦ ( taû ) .
Noun
tá n (genitive singular tás , nominative plural tá )
tau ( Greek letter )
Declension
Declension of tá (neuter )
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Irish
thá ( Waterford, Kilkenny, very sporadically throughout Munster )
Pronunciation
Verb
tá
present indicative independent affirmative progressive analytic of bí : "is"
References
Kaingang
Pronunciation
Postposition
tá
in ; at (for places far away from the speaker)
there
Inh mỹnh fi vỹ inh jamã tá nĩ.
My mom is over there where I live.
Macanese
Particle
tá
Alternative form of tâ : present continuous particle
Como tá vai? How's it going ?
Mandarin
Romanization
tá (ta2 , Zhuyin ㄊㄚˊ )
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𨓬
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *tāyeti (compare Welsh taw ( “ there is ” ) ), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- .
Pronunciation
Verb
·tá
unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs
Derived terms
Verb
·tá
third-person singular present progressive conjunct of at·tá
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ .
Noun
tá f (genitive tár , plural tær )
a toe
Declension
Declension of tá (strong consonant stem)
Even though the word originally is an on-stem (cf. Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ ), it is inflected as a strong consonant stem in Old Norse.
Descendants
Icelandic: tá
Faroese: tá
Norwegian Nynorsk: tå
Norwegian Bokmål: tå
Swedish: tå
Danish: tå
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *tanhwą . Compare Finnish tanhua ( “ stockyard ” ) , which was borrowed from Proto-Norse or Proto-Germanic. The noun itself is derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *tanhuz ( “ tough ” ) .
Noun
tá n (genitive tás , plural tá )
( poetic ) path , walk
Declension
Declension of tá (strong a -stem)
Descendants
References
tá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive .
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: tá
Etymology 1
Clipping of está , third-person singular present indicative of estar .
Verb
tá
Clipping of está .
Cê tá falando com quem? Who are you talking to?
Vamo, tá na hora de tomar café. Let's go, it’s time for breakfast.
( Brazil ) Eye dialect spelling of estar .
Eu queria tá com você. I’d like to be with you.
É bom tá sempre aprendendo, né? It’s good to always be learning, right?
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá .
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of tá bem or tá bom , itself a clipping of está bem .
Interjection
tá
( Brazil , colloquial ) OK ; all right
Synonym: tá bom
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá .
Slovak
Pronoun
tá
nominative feminine singular of ten
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of está , or borrowed from Portuguese tá .
Interjection
tá
( Uruguay ) okay
2008 , Néstor Ganduglia, Historias mágicas del Uruguay interior , page 52 :
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 打 ( SV : đả ) , perhaps from a rendition in Mandarin 打臣 ( dǎchén, đả thần ) , from English dozen .
Numeral
tá
dozen
Synonym: lố
một tá trứng ― one dozen eggs
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 佐 .
Noun
tá
( military ) field officer (higher than uý but lower than tướng )
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Sino-Vietnamese word from 佐 .
Verb
tá
( only in compounds ) to help
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Sino-Vietnamese word from 借 .
Verb
tá
to borrow
Derived terms
Etymology 5
ta ( colloquial, informal )
Interjection
tá • (佐 , 些 )
An expression of inquisitiveness or emotionality
15th century , Lê Thánh Tông , “Núi Góa ” in Hồng Đức Quốc Âm thi tập (Collection of Poems in Our Nation's Language) , folio 37a
細 ( Tới ) 𫢩 ( nay ) 歲 ( tuổi ) 㐌 ( đã ) 包 ( bao ) 饒 ( nhiêu ) 些 ( tá ) 擲 ( Trạnh ) 擲 ( trạnh ) 𥾽 ( bền ) 肝 ( gan ) 渚 ( chửa ) 𥙩 ( lấy ) 𫯳 ( chồng ) Now how old are ye? Ye remain so unwaveringly and resolutely unmarried.
Trần Tế Xương , “Vợ Chồng Ngâu (Mr. & Mrs. Ngâu)” in Vị Thành Giai Cú tập biên (《渭城佳句摺編》 "Collection of Vị Thành's Belle Phrases")
𫨩 ( Hay ) 羅 ( là ) 𢜝 ( sợ ) 悶 ( muộn ) 𫯳 ( chồng ) 庄 ( chăng ) 佐 ( tá ) 唏 ( Hơi ) ( đâu ) 𦓡 ( mà ) 挸 ( kén ) 𩵜 ( cá ) 撰 ( chọn ) 羮 ( canh ) Or was she so afraid of being married late that she didn't bother to be choosy?
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