ta
InterjektionPräpositionSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- //tɑː//
- /[tʰɑː]/
- //tə//
Thanks.
Interjektion
- 1
Thanks.
Ta for the cup of tea.
- 2
give (imperative)
Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!
Herkunft
Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.
Präposition
- 1
Variante von toPronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.
Go on, break out a "how's yew 'uns doin'? Right pleasure ta meet yew ’uns"!
hasta
Substantiv
- 1
In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.
Herkunft
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti. vowel changed to 'a' to signify a flattened note.