ตา

Chong

Noun

ตา (transliteration needed)

  1. maternal grandfather

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *da(ʔ) (duck).

Noun

ตา (transliteration needed)

  1. duck
Synonyms

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

ตา

  1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of , which is feminine nominative/accusative plural of (ta, those)
  2. (demonstrative) Thai script form of , which is feminine nominative/accusative plural of ตะ (ta, those)

Pronoun

ตา f

  1. (demonstrative) Thai script form of (she)

Declension

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicตา
tā
RomanizationPaiboondtaa
Royal Instituteta
(standard) IPA(key)/taː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (maternal grandfather). Cognate with Lao ຕາ (), Khmer តា (taa), ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa), Bouyei dal, Zhuang da.

Noun

ตา • (dtaa) (classifier คน)

  1. maternal grandfather.
  2. man at or around the same age as one's maternal grandfather.
  3. (slang, derogatory, offensive) any old man.
  4. (colloquial) any man.
  5. used as a term of address to or title for any of the above-described.
  6. used as a term of reference to oneself by a maternal grandfather, a man at or around the same age as one's maternal grandfather, or any old man.
  7. (colloquial, endearing, somewhat dated) used as a term of address to or title for a boy or young man.
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (eye). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (), ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တႃ (), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (), Bouyei dal, Zhuang da. Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui ndal, Southern Kam dal, Hlai [ʈʂʰaː¹] and Lingao [ɗa¹]. Compare Old Chinese (OC *taːʔ, “to see”), Proto-Austronesian *mata (eye).

Noun

ตา • (dtaa) (classifier ดวง or ตา)

  1. (anatomy) eye.
  2. (in combination) one who does something with an eye or the eyes, especially as a profession.
    ตากล้อง
    dtaa glɔ̂ng
    cameraman; photographer
    (literally) camera eye
  3. anything that is like an eye, as in terms of appearance or functions: hole; opening; aperture; etc.
  4. (botany) bud.
  5. sight; view; glimpse.
  6. time; turn; moment; occasion.
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