tah

See also: -tah, -TAH, -tʼah, and täh

Translingual

Symbol

tah

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tahitian.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tahitian terms

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtah/ [ˈtʌh]
• Hyphenation: tah

Pronoun

táh

1. this, these (feminine; proximal to the speaker)

Declension

Declension of táh
absolutive	táh
predicative	táha
subjective	táh
genitive	tahtí
Postpositioned forms l-case táhal k-case táhak t-case táhat h-case táhah

See also

Afar demonstrative pronouns

	masculine	feminine
proximal to the speaker(s)	áh	táh
proximal to the spoken to	amáh	tamáh
distal	wóh	tóh
very distal	wóttih

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Ahtna

Alternative forms

• ta

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *tαh (“among, during”). Compare Navajo -tah (“among”), Lower Tanana ti (“during”).

Postposition

tah (third-person singular form ucaghan)

1. among

   dghelaay tah zdaa ― he/she stays among the mountains

2. amidst
3. during
4. the times when
5. the places where

Usage notes

• Tah is the stressed form; ta is the unstressed form.
• Definitions 4 and 5 function as the plural of -de.

Derived terms

• cʼelataha (“willow catkin”)
• -datahi (“property”)
• -engestah (“nostrils”)
• -naaytah (“human body”)
• nenʼtah (“hunting ground”)
• niłdentah (“sometimes”)
• ta- (“among”)
• taniidze (“middle”)
• titahen (“orphan”)
• tlʼatahen (“lastborn child”)
• tsaeʼtah (“later on”)
• tseziiłtahi (“pika”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, pages 325–326

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech těh, from Proto-Slavic *tęgъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtax]
• Hyphenation: tah
• Rhymes: -ax

Noun

tah m inan

1. pull (act of pulling)

   Antonym: tlak

2. move, step (in accomplishing a plan)
3. stroke (a line made with a brush)
4. move, turn (act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game)

   Jsi na tahu. ― It's your turn.

Declension

Declension of tah (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tah	tahy
genitive	tahu	tahů
dative	tahu	tahům
accusative	tah	tahy
vocative	tahu	tahy
locative	tahu	tazích
instrumental	tahem	tahy

Derived terms

• tah na bránu
• tahový

Related terms

• tahat
• tažní
• tažný
• táhnout

Further reading

• “tah”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tah”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tah”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of tah – see 貼 (“to paste to; to stick on”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 貼).

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of entah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtah/ [ˈt̪ah]

Interjection

tah

1. (colloquial) apheretic form of entah

References

• Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎^[2], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 29

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tək.

Verb

tah

1. to weave

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “tah”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈtaɣ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈtax/

Noun

tah m inan

1. alternative form of těh

Declension

Declension of tah (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tah	tahy	tazi, tahové
genitive	taha, tahu	tahú	tahóv
dative	tahu	tahoma	tahóm
accusative	tah	tahy	tahy
vocative	taže	tahy	tazi, tahové
locative	tazě, tahu	tahú	taziech
instrumental	tahem	tahoma	tahy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “tah”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Patpatar

Noun

tah

1. water

Sumerian

Romanization

tah

1. romanization of 𒈭 (taḫ)

Yola

Etymology

From Dutch thee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taː/

Noun

tah

1. tea

References

• Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎^[3], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 161