တာ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta • ALA-LC: tā • BGN/PCGN: ta • Okell: ta

Noun

တာ • (ta)

  1. (historical) unit of distance measure (equal to four cubits as in ကုလလေး (ku.la.le:) or အရညကင် (a.ra.nya.kang), seven cubits as in မြင်းမိုရ် (mrang:muir) or ten cubits as in စက္ကဝါ (cakka.wa)
  2. embankment
  3. (historical) receptacle with cover; box
  4. duty; responsibility; assignment
  5. length of time

Particle

တာ • (ta)

  1. (colloquial) particle suffixed to verbs and adjectives to form nouns

Verb

တာ • (ta)

  1. to measure
  2. to speak or act in an endearing manner
  3. to prattle

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of အတာ (a.ta).

Noun

တာ • (ta)

  1. the period of Thingyan
Derived terms
  • တာစား (taca:)
  • တာသင်္ကြန် (tasangkran)
  • တာအိုး (taui:)

References

Mon

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Pali tāla (palmyra) or Sanskrit ताल (tāla). Cognate with Burmese ထန်း (htan:) and Shan ထၢၼ် (thǎan).

Noun

တာ ()

  1. palmyra
  2. toddy palm

Etymology 2

Cognate with Burmese တာ (ta).

Noun

တာ ()

  1. measure of length equal to seven cubits or about 11 feet 4½ inches

Etymology 3

Burmese တား (ta:).

Verb

တာ ()

  1. to hold up, signal to stop

Etymology 4

Burmese ညှာတာ (hnyata).

Verb

တာ ()

  1. to be considerate

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

တာ

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of , nominative/accusative plural feminine of (ta, those)

Pronoun

တာ f

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of (“she”)

Declension

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