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a-ta’
English: Translation
hey!; look!; listen!; watch out!; take note!; warning, admonition, or emphatic attention marker.
Part of Speech
interjection
Semantic Domain
Emotions
Ideophones, Expressives & Onomatopoeia
Interjections
Notes
see: ta
Usage
Ta’! Agko awto.
“Watch out! There’s a car.”
Ta’!
“Hey!” / “Listen!”
Notes
Contains a moraic okina and is phonemically distinct from ta.
Used to:
- attract attention;
- issue warnings;
- emphasize a statement;
- signal urgency.
ta ≠ ta’
The moraic okina changes both pronunciation and grammatical function.
IPA:
- ta /ta/
- ta’ /taʔː/