ta à tà
Ndebe script
Meanings
(usually written taàtà) today
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Taàtà bụ ụbọchị ahịa anyị.
— Today is our market day.
Ị ga-abịa n'ụlọ anyị taàtà?
— Will you come to our house today?
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- tà(to)day. Basic tone appears to be low, being raised to high before another low tone, so that *tà à becomes ta à. But it is answer to a question happen this day (today; tap; hit with a quick on and off contact
- kwutemake mention of; used in expression of form verb + -ta + noun + ọnū, denoting great ability to, much, a high degree of
- dà nhābe fined; pay a fine; incur a penalty; the active sense 'impose a fine' belongs to ta nhā
- òtankespy; scout; private detective (from -ta nke eavesdrop)
- tē(tā)te: spread; ta: chew, bite
- fụ afụfụsuffer; suffer (compare -ta afụfụ)
- ta amōosube a witch; practise witchcraft; be a witch; practise witchcraft (compare -li amōosu and -ta mbili)