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tāya

ta

fem instr sg of ta (pron); fem abl sg of ta (pron); masc dat sg of ta (letter); imp 2nd sg of tāyati (verb); …

1. ta (pron): that
2. ta (letter): (gram) letter t; 24th letter of the alphabet; dental sibilant
3. tāya (pron): by her; with her; with that
4. tāya (ind): on account of that; because of that; lit. by that
5. tāya (pron): from that; from her
6. tāyati (pr): protects; preserves; saves
7. tāyi (aor): protected, preserved, nourished

Etymology. tāyati (protect, preserve) connects to Sanskrit tāyate and the root √tā (stretch, extend), cognate with English taw and Latin tendere (stretch, extend); the concrete image is of stretching or extending protection over someone. The pronoun ta (that) and its oblique forms like tāya descend from the Indo-European demonstrative *to-, the ancestor of English that and German der.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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