ta-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"

Comanche

Pronoun

ta-

1. they, one, somebody (indefinite subject pronoun prefix)

See also

Comanche subject pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			nʉ	nʉkwʉ (exclusive) tahʉ / takwʉ (inclusive)	nʉnʉ (exclusive) tanʉ (inclusive)
2nd person			ʉnʉ / nʉ	mʉhʉ / mʉkwʉ / nʉ	mʉnʉ / mʉmʉ
3rd person			iʔ, maʔ, oʔ, uʔ	itʉhʉ / itʉkwʉ, mahrʉ / marʉkwʉ, ohrʉ / orʉkwʉ, uhrʉ / urʉkwʉ	itʉʉ, marʉʉ, orʉʉ, urʉʉ
reflexive-possessive			pʉnʉ	pʉhʉ / pʉkwʉ	pʉmʉ
indefinite					ta=

Greenlandic

Prefix

ta-

1. Prepends to demonstrative pronouns, making them refer to something previously mentioned.
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax. Taanna forkølelsessårinut atorneqarneq ajorpoq, ilaa?

     I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question. This is ineffective against cold sores, right?

Usage notes

Causes doubling of the initial consonants of these pronouns: panna, pinnga, qanna and their adverbial correspondents (of which qanna has two).

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms prefixed with ta-

Further reading

• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk grammatik, p. 106, 122. Atuagkat, 2003.

Kambera

Pronoun

ta-

1. third person singular nominative proclitic

See also

Kambera pronominal clitics

	Nominative	Genitive	Accusative	Dative
1sg	ku-	-nggu	-ka	-ngga
2sg	mu- (u-)	-mu	-kau	-nggau
3sg	na-	-na	-ya	-nya
1pl.incl	ta-	-nda	-ta	-nda
1pl.excl	ma-	-ma	-kama	-nggama
2pl	mi- (i-)	-mi	-kami (-kai)	-nggami (-nggai)
3pl	da-	-da	-ha	-nja

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology 1

Cf. Classical Nahuatl tla-.

Prefix

ta-

1. object prefix: something, things

Usage notes

Used with transitive verbs.

Etymology 2

Cf. Classical Nahuatl tla-.

Prefix

ta-

1. ambiently, environmentally

Usage notes

Used with intransitive verbs and adjectives.

Derived terms

• tabapachquiꞌ
• tadoto̱ni
• tahue̱liá
• tamachá
• tamixtaj
• tane̱si
• tasese̱ya
• tasoquitaj
• tatoto̱ni
• tatziꞌtziꞌpatoꞌ

 

References

• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 168

Middle English

Prefix

ta-

1. Alternative form of to-

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tAr-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta-/

Prefix

ta-

1. Used to indicate involuntary aspect on a verb.
2. Used to form an passive adjective that sometimes has the meaning of 'having been'.

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Malay ter-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta-/
• Note: Just like any other prefixes in the language, it's usually unstressed in many words.

Prefix

ta-

1. Used to form or mark an involuntary verb, that can either be active or passive in the meaning.

   jatong (“to fall”) > tajatong (“to fall (accidently)”)

   tandáng (“to kick”) > tatandáng (“to kick/to be kicked (accidentally)”)

2. Used to form an passive adjective that sometimes can has the meaning of 'having been'.

   tutu (“to close”) > tatutu (“(having been) closed”)

See also

• ba-
• baku-
• pang- (uncommon)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t(a)/

Prefix

ta-

1. imperative mood

Derived terms

Old Javanese terms prefixed with ta-

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *jíá-.

Prefix

ta-

1. of; class 8 possessive concord.
2. of; class 10 possessive concord.

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate to-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta/

Pronoun

ta-

1. first-person singular clitic, I

   tiwiji ― I am cold

Usage notes

The prefix ta- follows West Makian vowel harmony, and as such may surface as te-, ti-, or to-.

Alternative forms

• te-, ti-, to-