tha
Symbol
tha
- ISO 639-1 code 2&3, ISO 639-3 code Thai language language (SIL)
Језици (9)
Anguthimri • Mbariman-Gudhinma • Old Dutch • Scottish Gaelic • South Slavey • Tày • Welsh • Yola • Zulu
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Систем
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tha
- (Northern England, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of thou. (parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire where the MOUTH vowel became [a:] and then shortened in an unstressed thou)
Anagrams
Anguthimri
Verb
tha
- (Mpakwithi) tie
References
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 415
Mbariman-Gudhinma
Verb
tha
References
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 415
Old Dutch
Adverb
thā
- then
References
- Dr. Tack P, Proeve van Oudnederfrankische Grammatica, 84.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish at·tá, from Old Irish at·tá. Cognate with Ирски tá and Manx ta.
Pronunciation
Verb
tha
- independent present of bi: am, is, are
- Tha mi pòsda. ― I'm married.
- Tha mi à Colbhasa. ― I am from Colonsay.
- Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil. ― I am thinking so.
- Tha thu fadalach. ― You are late.
- Tha an duine anns an taigh. ― The man is in the house.
- Tha duine anns an taigh. ― There is a man in the house.
- Tha daoine anns an taigh. ― There are men in the house.
Usage notes
- Tha is used as an affirmative answer to questions formed with bheil or eil:
- A bheil thu toilichte? —Tha. ― Are you happy? —Yes.
- When linking the subject of a sentence with a complement consisting of a noun phrase ("somebody is somebody", "somebody is something", "something is something"), the verb is is used:
- Tha mise anns an t-seòmar. ― I am in the room.
- Is mise Dòmhnall. ― I am Donald.
References
- Шаблон:R:Dwelly
- Шаблон:R:gd:Mark:2003
- “attá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
South Slavey
Pronunciation
Noun
tha
References
Tày
Pronunciation
Noun
References
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 赦 (SV: xá).
Verb
tha (赦)
- to forgive
- trời không dung, đất không tha
- the act in question is abhorrently egregious / the person in question has committed an unforgivable act
- (literally, “the sky doesn't tolerate, the earth doesn't forgive”)
- to let go out of police custody or detention
Derived terms
Изведени термини
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 拖.
Verb
- (of animals) to carry with the mouth
- Cọp tha mồi.
- The tiger drags its prey.
- (of people) to drag a nuisance around or to bring it to where it is not wanted
- Sao cứ tha ba cái đồ nhôm nhựa về nhà nhỉ !?
- Why the hell do you keep bringing scrap back home!?
Welsh
Preposition
tha
- Alternative form of fatha (“like”)
Adverb
tha
- Alternative form of fatha (“kind of”)
Yola
Article
tha
- Alternative form of a (“the”)
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 3:
- Tha Cross o Shad.
- The Cross of the Shad.
References
Zulu
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ta (“to call”).
Verb
- (transitive) to name, to nickname
- (transitive) to choose, to pick, to select
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *-jìta.
Verb
- (transitive) to funnel, to inject (an enema)
Inflection
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “tha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “tha”