ᑕ ta
(preverb) (used with verbs of the independent order with third person subjects)
1
conveys a future tense to a neutral indicative verb
Examples
ᑕ ᑭᒥᐗᓐ᙮
It will rain.
2
conveys a conditional mood to a preterite indicative verb
Examples
ᑕ ᓂᐹᐸᓐ᙮
He would sleep.
3
when preceded by ekoši, conveys a jussive mood to a neutral indicative verb
Examples
ᐁᑯᔑ ᑕ ᐸᐦᑭᔑᓐ! ᐁᑯᑖᓐᑌ ᑫ ᐅᐦᒋ ᑭᔅᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑎᓱᑦ᙮
Let him fall! That's how he will learn.
George Quachegan [2016]
4
conveys a wish or hope when followed by wî and a neutral indicative verb
Examples
ᑕ ᐐ ᐊᒥᔅᑯᔅᑳᐤ ᓃᓚ ᐁ ᓇᑕᐗᐦᐅᔮᓐ᙮
May there be an abundance of beavers when I hunt.
Hilda Jeffries [2016]
ᑕ ᐐ ᑭᔥᑌᓕᐦᒋᑳᑌᐤ ᑭᑦ ᐃᔑᓂᐦᑳᓱᐎᓐ᙮
Hallow be thy name.
Eva Lazarus [2019]
References
contraction ofkata
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Some words starting with 'ta'
s/he screams at h/
s/he screams from the pain
it screams
s/he screams
s/he is hampered by it
s/he, it is hampered
it has multiple points
it (hill, mountain) has multiple peaks
there are pointy-crested waves
it has multiple points
anything that is admirable or that looks nice
it is admirable, it looks nice
s/he is admirable, s/he looks nice
s/he disengages it (by pulling)
s/he disengages it (by pulling)
a fatling
s/he fattens h/
s/he fattens h/self
s/he has a fat face
s/he is fat, s/he is corpulent
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s/he touches it (using sth)
2
s/he touches it with a light blow, s/he taps it
s/he stabs with it
a spear
s/he makes a spear(s) out of it
s/he makes h/self a spear(s)
s/he makes h/ a spear(s)
s/he makes a spear(s)
a spearman
it is spearlike
s/he stabs
a spearman
s/he has a cold bum from sitting (on sth cold)
s/he has a cold bum
s/he has a cold bum from exposure to the cold
s/he is touched by it
s/he stabs it
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s/he touches h/ (using sth)
2
s/he touches h/ with a light blow, s/he taps h/
1
a refrigerator
2
ice cream