tā

From Proto-Central Pacific *taa, from Proto-Oceanic *taʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taʀaq.

tā

1. to chop (with knife or axe)

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tā

1. of that; genitive singular masculine of tas

• IPA^(key):

tā

1. that; nominative singular feminine of tas

• IPA^(key):

tā

1. thus, so, like that

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tā (ta¹, Zhuyin ㄊㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚃
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塌
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 她
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 它
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溻
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 牠／它
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 祂
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禢
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趽
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踌
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉈／铊
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铇
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靷
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 他

From Proto-Polynesian *taa (cognate with Hawaiian kā (“to strike, to hack”)), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq (cognate with Malay tarah (“to hew”)), from Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.^[1][2][3]

tā

1. to dump, strike, beat, thump, throw down, tackle
2. to apply tattoo
3. to carve, cut, etch, fashion
4. to print

   Synonym: paki

• “tā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Polynesian *taa, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.

tā

1. to strike
2. to kill
3. to adze
4. to build
5. to cast (a spear or a dart)
6. to wield

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

• IPA^(key): /ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Homophone: ta
• Hyphenation: tā

tā

1. absence

• "tā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

tā

1. feminine nominative/accusative plural of ta (“those”)

tā f

1. (demonstrative) that
2. they, them

From Proto-Polynesian *ta. Cognates include Hawaiian kā and Maori tā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaː/
• Hyphenation: tā

tā

1. (transitive) to tattoo

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

From Proto-Polynesian *ta, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.

tā

1. to strike, hit (of blow)
2. fell, cut down; (of timber)
3. to adze, chip into shape, hew (of adze)
4. to apply, put on (of tattoo)

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

tā

1. First person dual inclusive

   we (you and I only)

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: tā

From Proto-Polynesian *ta. Cognates include Samoan tā.

tā

1. we two (inclusive)

From Proto-Polynesian *ta. Cognates include Hawaiian kā and Samoan tā.

tā

1. strike, blow

tā (plural tatā)

1. (transitive) to hit, strike
2. (transitive) to chop down
3. (transitive) to kill
4. (transitive) to build (a house or a canoe)
5. (transitive) to play (a musical instrument)
6. (transitive) to cut off (some flesh)
7. (transitive) to fish for (a school of fish)
8. (transitive) to wash (clothes)
9. (transitive, + ki) to tie (a rope) around

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 336