taa

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 塔 (tǎ, “pagoda”).

Noun

taa (plural taas)

  1. A kind of pagoda in China and Japan.

Etymology 2

From Arabic تَاء‎ (tāʾ).

Noun

taa (plural taas)

  1. The letter ت‎ in the Arabic script.

Etymology 3

Interjection

taa

  1. Alternative form of ta (“thanks”)

Anagrams

Aukan

Etymology 1

From English other.

Adjective

taa

  1. other; another
    taa dei ― another day, another (some other) time
Derived terms
  • taa taa (“different”)

Etymology 2

From English tar.

Noun

taa

  1. tar (black substance; pitch)

References

Finnish

(index ta)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: taa

Postposition

(genitive + ) taa

  1. (poetic, dialectal) Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse.
    Se laskeutui metsän taa. ― It landed behind the forest.

Inflection
Declension of taa
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative taka- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive takaa –sublative – –
accusative – –lative (taas) –
inessive – –temporal taannoin –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive – –distributive – –
ablative – –temp. dist. – takaisin
allative – –prolative taitse –
essive takana –situative – –
translative taa
taakse		 –oppositive – –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Synonyms

Antonyms

Anagrams

Nzadi

Noun

tàá (plural tàá)

  1. father

Coordinate terms

Further reading
  • Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

Swahili

Etymology

From *tala, from an unknown source (possibly Indian). Compare Luganda tala, Kikuyu tawa, Rwanda-Rundi tara.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɑː/

Noun

taa (n class, plural taa)

  1. lamp, light
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