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. Rōmaji transcription of た

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^[1] (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-/

ta-

1. Used to indicate involuntary aspect on a verb.
2. Used to form an passive adjective that sometimes has the meaning of 'having been'.

From Malay ter-.

• IPA^(key): /ta-/
• Note: Just like any other prefixes in the language, it's usually unstressed in many words.

ta-

1. Used to form or mark an involuntary verb, that can either be active or passive in the meaning.

   jatong (“to fall”) > tajatong (“to fall (accidentally)”)

   tandáng (“to kick”) > tatandáng (“to kick/to be kicked (accidentally)”)

2. Used to form an passive adjective that sometimes can has the meaning of 'having been'.

   tutu (“to close”) > tatutu (“(having been) closed”)

• ba-
• baku-
• pang- (uncommon)

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-