Dictionary entry
ตา
eye
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedeyewiktionary
maternal grandfathercurated
mesh; grid; square (of a net or grid)curated
turn; move (in a game)wiktionary
bud (of a plant)wiktionary
term of address for an old man, or for a boy/young mancurated
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesบางคนยิ้มเบาๆ ปากยิ้ม แต่ตาไม่ยิ้ม คือไม่แสดงออกทางสีหน้า
Some give a faint smile — the mouth smiles but the eyes don't — not showing it on their face.
เปิดอินสตาแกรมก่อนนอน
I open Instagram before bed.
Built from
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)).
Words built from it
ตา inside longer wordsA note on usage
พ่อของแม่, ผัวของยาย, ชายที่เป็นญาติชั้นเดียวกับพ่อของแม่หรือที่อายุรุ่นราวคราวเดียวกับตา