-ta-

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-ta-

  • /tɑ/
  • /t̪ɑ/

Where it comes from

From -taka (“to want”). Doublet of -taka-.

infix nita- · tuta- · uta- · mta- · ata- · wata-

  1. morpheme will, positive and negative future tense marker Near-synonym: -taka- (“relative positive future tense marker”)

    Similar: -taka-

In English

  • will indicating future action

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MLA

"-ta-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/-ta-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-ta-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/-ta-

Chicago

"-ta-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/-ta-.

BibTeX
@misc{ta_2026,
  title = {-ta-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/-ta-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-ta.flac.