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▪ I. ta, int.|tɑː|
Also 9 taa; tar.
An infantile form of ‘thank-you’, now also commonly in colloq. adult use.
1772Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. (1861) I. 457 You would not say ‘Ta’ to me for my congratulation. 1807W. Irving Salmag. (1824) 363 How her ten weeks old baby will laugh and say taa! 1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 117 Give it me. I'll say ‘ta’ so nicely. 1931A. Powell Afternoon Men xxx. 252 ‘Will you give him this, Sophy?’.. ‘What did he say?’ Sophy said: ‘He just said, ‘Tar’.’ 1946K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) iii. 47 Grandfather Starbrace shovelled great handfuls of pink prawns... ‘Ta, Nathe,’ Mr. Thorne said. 1970‘R. Gordon’ Doctor on Boil xxiii. 164 ‘Ta,’ he said, slipping the card into the back pocket of his jeans. 1981D. Clark Longest Pleasure vi. 136 ‘You know your way, don't you?’ ‘Ta, love.’
▪ II. ta
obs. and dial. form of the, thee, thou.
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. i. 63 Thou wot, wot ta? do, do, thou rogue! a1619Fletcher Mad Lover iv. v, Who art ta? 1814Scott Wav. xxix. (Celt speaks), ‘It was either ta muckle Sunday..or ta little government Sunday that they ca'd ta fast’. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia 338 Ta, te, to, art. or pron. the, this, that, it. 1864Tennyson North. Farmer xi, Done it ta-year I meän 'd.
▪ III. ta
dial. form of to prep. and sign of inf.
1340–70Alex. & Dind. 475 We sen selkouþe þing; þat is ta sain heuene. 1825Jamieson, Ta, Ti, To; the sign of the inf. 1898B. Kirkby Lakel. Wds. (E.D.D.), Allus royen an drinken is t'way ta neea spot.
▪ IV. ta, taa
early ME. form of þa, tha; see T 10.
▪ V. ta, taa
in the ta, early ME. and north. form of to adj., in the to for that o = the one: see T 9.
▪ VI. ta, taa
obs. forms of toe n., take v. |