tä
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ta"
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Shortened from mitä (“what”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæ(ˣ)/, [ˈt̪æ(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -æ
- Syllabification(key): tä
- Hyphenation(key): tä
Interjection
tä (colloquial)
- what? huh? (exclamation used to express stupefaction or failure to understand somebody else's words)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “tä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Southwestern Dinka
Conjunction
tä
References
- Dinka-English Dictionary[2], 2005