# taka
## English
### Etymology

From Bengali টাকা (ṭaka), from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑːkə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

taka (plural takas)
* The official currency of Bangladesh, equal to 100 paisas. Symbol: ৳
* Alternative form of tanka (“historical Central and South Asian currency”)

#### Translations
### See also

* tiki-taka

### Anagrams

* kata

## Balantak
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təka.

### Verb

taka
* to come, arrive

### References

* Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – taka. SIL International.

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈka/ [taˈka]
* Hyphenation: ta‧ka

### Pronoun

taká (Basahan spelling ᜆᜃ)
* Second-person form, used when speaking directly to the receiver of a verb, combining the first- and second-person. Replacement for ko ika (I or my and you).
    Padangat/Padaba ko siya, padangat /padaba ko sinda, padangat/padaba ko kita gabos—asin ika, padangat/padaba taka.I love him, I love them, I love all of us—and you, I love you.

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰɛaːʰka/
* Rhymes: -ɛaːʰka

### Verb

taka (third person singular past indicative tók, third person plural past indicative tóku, supine tikið)
* to take

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *taka, from Proto-Uralic *taka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑkɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝kɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑ
* Hyphenation: ta‧ka

### Noun

taka
* (dated or dialectal) back, backside
* (dated or dialectal) the area behind something

#### Declension

Declension of taka-
noun case
singular
pluraladverbial form
singular
plural
nominative
taka-
–superessive
genitive
–delative
partitive
takaa
–sublative
accusative
–lative
taas taa
inessive
–temporal
elative
–causative
illative
–multiplicative
adessive
–distributive
ablative
–temp. dist.
takaisin
allative
–prolative
taitse
essive
takana
–situative
translative
taakse
–oppositive
abessive
instructive
comitative
The cases of taka- serve in modern Finnish only as postpositions and adverbs. Archaic full inflection:
Possessive forms of taka (Kotus type 9*D/kala, k-∅ gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
takani
takani
accusative
nom.
takani
takani
gen.
takani
genitive
takani
takojeni takaini $^{rare}$
partitive
takaani
takojani
inessive
taassani
taoissani
elative
taastani
taoistani
illative
takaani
takoihini
adessive
taallani
taoillani
ablative
taaltani
taoiltani
allative
taalleni
taoilleni
essive
takanani
takoinani
translative
taakseni
taoikseni
abessive
taattani
taoittani
instructive
comitative
—takoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
takasi
takasi
accusative
nom.
takasi
takasi
gen.
takasi
genitive
takasi
takojesi takaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
takaasi
takojasi
inessive
taassasi
taoissasi
elative
taastasi
taoistasi
illative
takaasi
takoihisi
adessive
taallasi
taoillasi
ablative
taaltasi
taoiltasi
allative
taallesi
taoillesi
essive
takanasi
takoinasi
translative
taaksesi
taoiksesi
abessive
taattasi
taoittasi
instructive
comitative
—takoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
takamme
takamme
accusative
nom.
takamme
takamme
gen.
takamme
genitive
takamme
takojemme takaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
takaamme
takojamme
inessive
taassamme
taoissamme
elative
taastamme
taoistamme
illative
takaamme
takoihimme
adessive
taallamme
taoillamme
ablative
taaltamme
taoiltamme
allative
taallemme
taoillemme
essive
takanamme
takoinamme
translative
taaksemme
taoiksemme
abessive
taattamme
taoittamme
instructive
comitative
—takoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
takanne
takanne
accusative
nom.
takanne
takanne
gen.
takanne
genitive
takanne
takojenne takainne $^{rare}$
partitive
takaanne
takojanne
inessive
taassanne
taoissanne
elative
taastanne
taoistanne
illative
takaanne
takoihinne
adessive
taallanne
taoillanne
ablative
taaltanne
taoiltanne
allative
taallenne
taoillenne
essive
takananne
takoinanne
translative
taaksenne
taoiksenne
abessive
taattanne
taoittanne
instructive
comitative
—takoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
takansa
takansa
accusative
nom.
takansa
takansa
gen.
takansa
genitive
takansa
takojensa takainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
takaansa
takojaan takojansa
inessive
taassaan taassansa
taoissaan taoissansa
elative
taastaan taastansa
taoistaan taoistansa
illative
takaansa
takoihinsa
adessive
taallaan taallansa
taoillaan taoillansa
ablative
taaltaan taaltansa
taoiltaan taoiltansa
allative
taalleen taallensa
taoilleen taoillensa
essive
takanaan takanansa
takoinaan takoinansa
translative
taakseen taaksensa
taoikseen taoiksensa
abessive
taattaan taattansa
taoittaan taoittansa
instructive
comitative
—takoineen takoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* keskitaka
* taka- (see for compounds)
* taaempi
* taempi
* takainen
* takimmainen
* taas
* takasten
* takalisto
* taus
* tausta
* omasta takaa
* taa
* taitse
* tautta
* Takala
* Takalo
* Takanen
* taannehtia
* taantua
* taata
* taeta
* takautua

### Further reading

* “taka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Kata, akat, kata

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese atacado.

### Noun

taka
* fat

## Gun
### Etymology

From tà (“head”) +‎ ká (“calabash”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tà.ká/

### Noun

tàká
* skull

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰaːka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aːka

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną.

#### Verb

taka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative tók, third-person plural past indicative tóku, supine tekið)
* to take (an object) [with accusative]
** Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)
    Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.
    Ég ætla að taka bílinn.I'm going to take the car.
    Hún var að fara að taka veskið þitt!She was about to take your purse!
* to seize, to capture [with accusative]
* to take (time, measure) [with accusative]
    Viltu að ég taki tímann?Do you want me to take the time?
* to get, to obtain [with accusative]
* to take (undergo), e.g. an exam [with accusative]
* to accept, to take [with accusative or dative]
* to hold, to contain, to take [with accusative]
    Völlurinn tekur tíu þúsund áhorfenda.The stadium holds ten thousand spectators.

##### Derived terms

    Ég ætla að taka þáttinn upp.
* endurtaka
       I’m going to record the show.
* margendurtaka
* taka til
* taka upp (“to record”)
* taka þátt

##### Related terms

* tak

### Etymology 2

From the verb taka.

#### Noun

taka f (genitive singular töku, nominative plural tökur)
* taking, capture
    Hvaðan tekur þú myndina?Where did you take the picture from?
* (law) the capture and claiming of ownership of previously unowned property
* (film, usually in the plural) video capture, filming
* (film) take (attempt to record a scene)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Inflected form of tak (“grip, grasp”).

#### Noun

taka n
* indefinite genitive plural of tak

## Japanese
### Romanization

taka
* Rōmaji transcription of たか
* Rōmaji transcription of タカ

## Latvian
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flow”); compare tecēt (“to flow, trickle”).

### Noun

taka f (4th declension)
* path
* pathway
* footpath
* track
* trail
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#### Declension
## Manchu
### Romanization

taka
* Romanization of ᡨᠠᡴᠠ

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taka (compare with Hawaiian kaʻa (“to revolve, to twist, to pass”), Tahitian taʻa (“to tumble”), Tongan taka (“to wander, to roam”), Samoan taʻa (“to wander, to roam”)).

### Verb

taka
* to turn or wind round, to pivot
* to encircle
* to range, to roam
* to fall off

#### Derived terms

* maramataka
* porotaka
* pōtaka

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 448-50
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “taka.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* takene

### Noun

taka n
* definite plural of tak

### Anagrams

* akta, kata

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑːkɑ/

#### Noun

taka n
* definite plural of tak

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”). Akin to English take.

#### Alternative forms

* ta (“short form”)
* take (“e infinitive”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²tɑːkɑ/

#### Verb

taka (present tense tek, past tense tok, past participle teke, passive infinitive takast, present participle takande, imperative tak)
* to take (to grab with the hands)
* to catch (to capture)

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Rare today. $^2$ Unofficial today.

##### Derived terms

* overtaka

### References

* “taka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *takaną, an ablaut variant of *tēkaną (“to touch”).

### Verb

taka (singular past indicative tók, plural past indicative tóku, past participle tekit)
* to take
* (mediopassive) to arise
    tóksk morð af þvímurder arose from that

#### Derived terms

* tak n
* taka f

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: taka
* Faroese: taka
* Norn: taka
* Norwegian Nynorsk: taka, ta; (dialectal) tåkå, tå
* Jamtish: ta
* Elfdalian: tågå
* Old Swedish: taka, tagha
** Swedish: taga, ta
* Old Danish: taka, taghæ
** Danish: tage
*** Norwegian Bokmål: ta
** Scanian: tâga
* Old Gutnish: taka
* → Old English: tacan
** Middle English: taken
*** English: take
*** Geordie English: tyek
*** Scots: tak, ta
*** Yola: taake

### Noun

taka f (genitive tǫku)
* taking, capture (of a fortress; prisoner)
* taking, seizing (of property)
* revenue; fee, tax, tack

#### Descendants

* → Middle English: tak, take, takke, thac, tac (early form)
** English: tack
** Scots: tak, take

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “taka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 431; also available at the Internet Archive
* J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on taka.

## Old Swedish
### Alternative forms

* tagha

### Etymology

From Old Norse taka, from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną.

### Verb

taka
* to touch, reach
* to grasp, seize
* to take, bring
* to demand
* to remove
* to beset, attack
* to encounter, meet

#### Descendants

* Swedish: ta, taga

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ta‧ka

### Pronoun

taka
* feminine nominative/vocative singular of taki

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.kɐ/
* Hyphenation: ta‧ka

### Noun

taka m (plural takas)
* Alternative spelling of taca

## Quechua
### Noun

taka
* punch, blow, collision
* fist

#### See also

* takay

## Sambali
### Noun

takâ
* feces
    Synonym: dolmong

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

#### Noun

taka class IX (plural taka class X)
* dirt, filth

##### Derived terms

* takataka

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

#### Verb

-taka (infinitive kutaka)
* to want
* to be about to (followed by an imperative or bare verb stem)

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -taka :
| Positive present | -nataka |
| Subjunctive | -take |
| Negative | -taki |
| Imperative singular | taka |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kutaka |
| Negative | kutotaka |
Imperatives :
| Singular | taka |
| Plural | takeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hutaka |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -litaka |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kutaka |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tataka |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tataka |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sitake |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngetaka |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singetaka |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalitaka |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalitaka |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -metaka |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshataka |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jataka |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kitaka |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipotaka |
| Consecutive | kataka / positive subject concord + -kataka |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -katake |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

##### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -takia
** Causative: -takisha
** Passive: -takwa
** Reciprocal: -takana
** Stative: -takika

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈka/ [t̪ɐˈxa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ta‧ka

#### Noun

taká (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ)
* feeling of surprise, suspicion, wonder, or awe (caused by something strange, unexpected, unbelievable, etc.)
    Synonyms: mangha, pagkamangha, gilalas, panggigilalas

##### Alternative forms

* takha — obsolete

##### Derived terms

* ipagtaka
* kataka-taka
* magpataka
* magtaka
* makapagtaka
* nakapagtataka
* pagtakhan
* pagtataka
* papagtakhin

#### Adjective

taká (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ)
* having a feeling of surprise, suspicion, wonder, or awe (caused by something strange, unexpected, unbelievable, etc.)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtakaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.xɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -akaʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧ka

#### Noun

takà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ)
* stamping machine; rubber stamp or seal
    Synonyms: timbre, panimbre, panatak, pantatak
* imprint; stamped impression (from a seal or stamp)
    Synonyms: tatak, timbre

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtakaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.xɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -akaʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧ka

#### Noun

takà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ)
* papier-mâché
* making of papier-mâché

### Etymology 4

Compare Japanese 竹 (take).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtaka/ [ˈt̪aː.xɐ]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: ta‧ka

#### Noun

taka (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ)
* bamboo sticks placed at angles over green sprouts of the rice plant

##### See also

* bulubod
* patpat

### Anagrams

* kata

## Ye'kwana
### Alternative forms

* chaka (allomorph after i)

### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *taka. Synchronically as if suffixed with -ka (“to, at”). Compare Apalaí taka, Hixkaryana taka, Macushi tapî'.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [taka]

### Postposition

taka
* at, in, on, to; indicates a specific location or goal at a non-aquatic object of class 2

#### Usage notes

Accordin to Cáceres, this postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object; Hall, however, gives several examples with a person marker attached.

#### See also
### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “taka”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 267–272, 451
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 219, 296, 399: “ta:ka 'in me' / cha:ka 'in him' […] ta:ka 'in me' […] ta'ka 'in, at' […] ta'ka - in, into”

## Yoruba
### Etymology

From ta (“to tap, to flick”) +‎ ìka (“finger”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tà.kā/

### Verb

tàka
* to snap one's fingers, to click