ต้า(dtâa)

Meanings

1NounB1

Thai nickname (from Chinese 'big; great')

A common Thai nickname or given name, often influenced by Chinese ต้าต้าdtâa1Thai nickname (from Chinese 'big; great')2big; great (Sino-Thai, in names/phrases) ‘big; great’; used informally for any gender.

Examples

นี่nêeนี่nêe1this (near the speaker)2this; this one (pronoun)3here is…; look/listen (attention-getter)ต้าdtâaต้าdtâa1Thai nickname (from Chinese 'big; great')2big; great (Sino-Thai, in names/phrases)เพื่อนร่วมชั้นpêuuan rûuam chánเพื่อนร่วมชั้นpêuuan rûuam chánclassmateของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mine
This is Ta, my classmate.
2AdjectiveC1

big; great (Sino-Thai, in names/phrases)

Loan/colloquial usage from Chinese meaning ‘big’ or ‘great’, seen in names, nicknames, or playful phrases; not standard Thai vocabulary.

Examples

เพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เรียกrîakเรียกrîak1[to] call out; summon; hail2[to] ask for; charge; demand3[to] recruit; enlist4[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); nameเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeต้าdtâaต้าdtâa1Thai nickname (from Chinese 'big; great')2big; great (Sino-Thai, in names/phrases)เจjayเจjay1Chinese Buddhist vegan; vegan (jay)2jay food; vegan dish (Chinese Buddhist style)3[to] eat jay; follow the jay dietแบบbàepแบบbàep1model; pattern; design; template2style; type; kind; manner3form; questionnaire4in a ... way; -ly (pre-head adverbial marker)5prototype; sampleล้อเล่นló lênล้อเล่นló lên1[to] joke; kid; tease playfully2just kidding; I’m jokingเพราะpráwเพราะpráw1because2because of; due to3melodious; pleasant-soundingทำอะไรtam à-raiทำอะไรtam à-raiwhat are you doing?ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)เอาaoเอาao1[to] take; get; pick2[to] want (request/ordering)3[to] use; employ4[to] bring/take (for use)5marker: purpose/focus6marker: insistence/emphasis7[to] have sex (vulgar slang)ใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)เข้าkâoเข้าkâo1[to] enter; go in2[to] put in; insert3[to] understand4[to] join; enter (an organization, school, etc.)5[to] fit; suit; match6[to] begin; start; take effect7cooked rice8riceไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserve
Friends jokingly call him “Ta-je” because he tends to do everything in a big way.