ta

adj

1. Initialism of toxin-antitoxin.

intj

Etymology: Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

1. Thanks.

   “Ta for the cup of tea.”

2. give (imperative)

   “Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!”

name

1. Initialism of Territorial Army.

noun

Etymology: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti. vowel changed to 'a' to signify a flattened note.

1. In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.

prep

1. Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.

   “hasta”

verb

1. To act as a teaching assistant (for a class).

   “The university offered me a chance to TA this semester.”

   “I really want to TA Programming 1 some day.”