ta-

ta-

1. they, one, somebody (indefinite subject pronoun 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?

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

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

ta-

1. third person singular nominative proclitic

Cf. Classical Nahuatl tla-.

ta-

1. object prefix: something, things

Used with transitive verbs.

Cf. Classical Nahuatl tla-.

ta-

1. ambiently, environmentally

Used with intransitive verbs and adjectives.

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

ta-

1. Alternative form of to-

From Proto-Malayic *tAr-.

• IPA^(key): /ta/
• Rhymes: -a

ta-

1. used to indicate involuntary aspect of a verb
2. used to indicate perfective aspect of a verb

Derived from Malay ter-.

• IPA^(key): /ta/
• Homophone: ta

ta-

1. used to indicate involuntary aspect of a verb
2. used to indicate perfective aspect of a verb

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta-.

• IPA^(key): /t(a)/

ta-

1. imperative mood

From Proto-Bantu *jíá-.

ta-

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

Cognate with Ternate to-.

• IPA^(key): /ta/

ta-

1. first-person singular clitic, I

   tiwiji ― I am cold

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

• te-, ti-, to-