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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

Finnish

Alternative forms

täh

Etymology

Shortened from mitä (“what”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtæ(ˣ)/,
Rhymes: -æ
Hyphenation^(key): tä

Interjection

tä (colloquial)

what? huh? (exclamation used to express stupefaction or failure to understand somebody else's words)

Synonyms

anteeksi, nyt en ymmärrä

Further reading

“tä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Southwestern Dinka

Conjunction

tä

if

References

Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

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