ta

interjectionprepositionnouncommon in dialogue

//tɑː//
/[tʰɑː]/
//tə//

Thanks.

interjection

1
Thanks.
Ta for the cup of tea.
2
give (imperative)
Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

preposition

1
Variant of 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

noun

1
In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.

Etymology

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.

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