tá

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑː
• Homophone: tág
• Rhymes: -ɔaː

From Old Norse tá.

tá f (genitive singular táar, plural tær)

1. toe

From Old Norse þá, from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then”). Compare Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan), Old English þan and þā.

tá

1. then

tá

1. when

• tá ið, táið

• át

tá class 1 singular of ? class 2

1. father

   Ě ghámtə́ tâp e. ― He/she respected his/her father.

• Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

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tá (plural ták)

1. a syllable used in solfège to represent the quarter note as a rhythm, usually accompanied by clapping
2. dash (the longer of the two symbols of Morse code)

• IPA^(key): /tʰauː/
• Rhymes: -auː
• Homophone: tág

Inherited from Old Norse tá.

tá f (genitive singular táar, nominative plural tær)

1. toe

Inherited from Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *tanhwą.

tá n (genitive singular tás, nominative plural tá)

1. path, footpath

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ταῦ (taû).

tá n (genitive singular tás, nominative plural tá)

1. tau (Greek letter)

• át

• thá (Waterford, Kilkenny, very sporadically throughout Munster)

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑː/
• (Ulster, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, before extinction of original dialects) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaː/

tá

1. present indicative independent affirmative progressive analytic of bí: "is"

• IPA^(key): /tʌ/

tá

1. in; at (for places far away from the speaker)
2. there

   Inh mỹnh fi vỹ inh jamã tá nĩ.

   My mom is over there where I live.

tá

1. alternative form of tâ: present continuous particle

   Como tá vai?

   How's it going?

tá (ta², Zhuyin ㄊㄚˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蹹
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𨓬

• ·táa

From Proto-Celtic *tāyeti (compare Welsh taw (“there is”)), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

• IPA^(key): /taː/

·tá

1. unattested by itself; takes various preverbs to form verbs

• ar·sissedar

·tá

1. third-person singular present progressive conjunct of at·tá

From Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ.

tá f (genitive tár, plural tær)

1. a toe

• Icelandic: tá
• Faroese: tá
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tå
• Norwegian Bokmål: tå
• Swedish: tå
• Danish: tå

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”).

tá n (genitive tás, plural tá)

2. (poetic) path, walk

• Icelandic: tá
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tåg
• Old Swedish: tā, ⇒ fortā
  • Swedish: tå (dialectal)
• ⇒ Old Danish: fortā, fortæ
  • Danish: forte
  • Danish: fortov
    • Norwegian Bokmål: fortau (also from a dialectal form of fortåg)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tá”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433; also available at the Internet Archive

• 'tá

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: tá

Clipping of está, third-person singular present indicative of estar.

tá

1. 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.

2. (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?

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá.

• tá-se bem

Ellipsis of tá bem or tá bom, itself a clipping of está bem.

tá

1. (Brazil, colloquial) OK; all right

   Synonym: tá bom

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tá.

tá

1. nominative feminine singular of ten

• ta

Clipping of está, or borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tá.

tá

1. (Uruguay) okay
   • 2008, Néstor Ganduglia, Historias mágicas del Uruguay interior, page 52:

     Y tá, y me quedé ahí.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 打 (SV: đả), perhaps from a rendition in Mandarin 打臣 (dǎchén, đả thần), from English dozen.

tá

1. dozen

   Synonym: lố

   một tá trứng ― one dozen eggs

Sino-Vietnamese word from 佐.

tá

1. (military) field officer (higher than uý but lower than tướng)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 佐.

tá

1. (only in compounds) to help

Sino-Vietnamese word from 借.

tá

1. to borrow

• ta (colloquial, informal)

tá • (佐, 些)

1. 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?

• át