# tā
## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *taa, from Proto-Oceanic *taʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taʀaq.

### Verb

tā
* to chop (with knife or axe)

## Latvian
### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: [tāː]

#### Pronoun

tā
* of that; genitive singular masculine of tas

### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: [tàː]

#### Pronoun

tā
* that; nominative singular feminine of tas

### Pronunciation 3

* IPA: [tâː]

#### Adverb

tā
* thus, so, like that

## Mandarin
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Romanization

tā (ta$^1$, Zhuyin ㄊㄚ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塌
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 她
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 它
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溻
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 牠 / 它
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 祂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 禢
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 趽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 踌
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉈 / 铊
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铇
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 他

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taa (cognate with Hawaiian kā (“to strike, to hack”)), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq (cognate with Malay tarah (“to hew”)), from Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.

### Verb

tā
* to dump, strike, beat, thump, throw down, tackle
* to apply tattoo
* to carve, cut, etch, fashion
* to print
    Synonym: paki

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 437-9
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “taa.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 90

### Further reading

* “tā” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Niuean
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taa, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.

### Verb

tā
* to strike
* to kill
* to adze
* to build
* to cast (a spear or a dart)
* to wield

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta/
* Rhymes: -ta
* Homophone: ta
* Hyphenation: tā

### Noun

tā
* absence

#### Derived terms

* taya
* tātā

### Further reading

* "tā" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ता (Devanagari script)
* তা (Bengali script)
* තා (Sinhalese script)
* တာ or တႃ (Burmese script)
* ตา (Thai script)
* ᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ຕາ (Lao script)
* តា (Khmer script)
* 𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

tā
* feminine nominative/accusative plural of ta (“those”)

### Pronoun

tā f
* (demonstrative) that
* they, them

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ta. Cognates include Hawaiian kā and Maori tā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaː/
* Hyphenation: tā

### Verb

tā
* (transitive) to tattoo

### References

* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

## Samoan
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ta, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.

#### Verb

tā
* to strike, hit (of blow)
* fell, cut down; (of timber)
* to adze, chip into shape, hew (of adze)
* to apply, put on (of tattoo)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

#### Pronoun

tā
* First person dual inclusive
    we (you and I only)

#### See also
## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtaː]
* Hyphenation: tā

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ta. Cognates include Samoan tā.

#### Pronoun

tā
* we two (inclusive)

##### See also
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *ta. Cognates include Hawaiian kā and Samoan tā.

#### Noun

tā
* strike, blow

#### Verb

tā (plural tatā)
* (transitive) to hit, strike
* (transitive) to chop down
* (transitive) to kill
* (transitive) to build (a house or a canoe)
* (transitive) to play (a musical instrument)
* (transitive) to cut off (some flesh)
* (transitive) to fish for (a school of fish)
* (transitive) to wash (clothes)
* (transitive, + ki) to tie (a rope) around

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 336