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U+1010, တ
MYANMAR LETTER TA

[U+100F]
Myanmar
[U+1011]

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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(ta.)

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

Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of တစ် (tac, one).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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(ta.) (digit )

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

Etymology 3

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(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

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

Verb

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(ta.)

  1. to long for,[1] yearn for, wish for (someone or something)
  2. to recall, reminisce
  3. to invoke
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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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

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

Prefix

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

See also
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References

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  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[1], Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 42

Further reading

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Mon

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ta)

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

Noun

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(ta)

  1. father.

Synonyms

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Verb

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(ta)

  1. to vomit.

Synonyms

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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

Usage notes

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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

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Pronoun

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 m

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

Declension

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Pronoun

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 n

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

Usage notes

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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

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S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Karen [Term?].

Alternative forms

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Numeral

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(ta)

  1. one

Etymology 2

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

Particle

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(ta)

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