Where does “ta-” come from?

ta- (North Moluccan Malay) comes from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.

ta- (North Moluccan Malay): Used to form or mark an involuntary verb, that can either be active or passive in the meaning

Definitions

  1. Used to form or mark an involuntary verb, that can either be active or passive in the meaning

Ancestry of “ta-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayter-agentless actions, such as those which are...
2Classical Malayter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
3Proto-MalayictAr-—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀ-—
5Proto-Austronesiantaʀ-—

Words derived from “ta-”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian taʀ- →