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Yorùbá Dictionary
ta verb /tā/ spelling unconfirmed
Definitions
  1. to shoot, fire (from a weapon that releases a projectile). transitive
    ọlọ́pàá ta ìbọn The police officer fired his gun
  2. to sting transitive
    oyín ta wọ́n The bee stung them
  3. to be spicy, to be hot transitive
    atá ta The pepper was spicy
  4. to kick transitive
    ẹṣín ta, ta, ta, ó kú o! The horse kicked, kicked, and kicked, and then it died
  5. to pick, pluck, floss (as in your teeth) transitive
    ó ń fi wá tayín He was deliberately ignoring us at work
Other entries with this spelling
Wiktionary records 10 entries spelled “ta”. You're reading one of them; here are the others.
ta verb · etym. 2 to grow, to form, to become big ta verb · etym. 3 to splash, pop, explode ta verb · etym. 4 to spring, burst, bounce ta verb · etym. 5 to shine (as in the sun or daylight) ta pron · etym. 7 who, whom, whose ta verb · etym. 8 to stick out visibly, to protrude ta verb · etym. 9 to spin something, to roll ta verb · etym. 10 to snatch (suddenly) ta verb · etym. 11 to flirt, to talk with teasing affection
Used in
atanounatajúnounatamátàsénounitanounìtanounịtanoun ọ̀tánoun tàbọntafàtafàtafànountanípàátàpáutanoun
Possibly used in
tàkaverbaláǹtakùnnoun
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 6, where this word is spelled “ta”. Reference: en-ta-yo-verb-hN7iHNvJ