ตา

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From Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ (“eye”). In Southwesten Tai, cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩣ, Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Tai Dam ꪔꪱ, Shan တႃ (tǎa), Aiton တ︀ႃ (tā), Ahom 𑜄𑜠 (ta) or 𑜄𑜡 (tā). In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang ta. In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei dal, Zhuang da. In other Tai, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang ha (Longzhou and Daxin dialects) or ta as in makta etc. (Ningming and Chongzuo dialects). Possibly cognate with Proto-Austronesian *maCa (“eye”). Within Kra-Dai, compare Sui ndal, Southern Kam dal, Hlai [ʈʂʰaː¹] and Lingao [ɗa¹]. Compare Old Chinese 睹 (OC *taːʔ, “to see”). From Proto-Tai *taːᴬ (“maternal grandfather”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ຕາ (tā), Lü ᦎᦱ (ṫaa), Shan တႃ (tǎa). In Central Tai, cognate with Nong Zhuang daq (Guangnan dialect). In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei dal, Zhuang da. In other Tai, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang da as in gungqda (Longzhou, Ningming and Chongzuo dialects) or dah as in gungzdah (Daxin dialect). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔt₁aʔ (“male elder”) (Old Khmer អ្តា, Khmer តា (taa)).

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