た

Etymology 1
.

Etymology 2
From, the of the classical auxiliary verb , in turn a contraction of , from  +.

of.

Usage notes
This suffix follows the forms of certain part of speech classes, some of which cause the suffix  to be voiced as :


 * In Standard Japanese the -ta form of is, and the -ta form of  and  follows the Kansai forms,  and.
 * This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix. It is classified as in traditional Japanese grammar.
 * In traditional Japanese grammar, this word has the following inflections:, used to form the past conjectural suffix , and  , used to form the conditional suffix  or . Modern linguistic analyses usually consider -ta, -tarō, and -tara(ba) three different suffixes.

Etymology 4
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Etymology 5
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Appears in noh and kyogen texts.

Contraction of any Sino-Japanese-derived term ending in a -t̚  or  + particle.

Etymology 1
From.

Pronoun

 * 1)  who

Etymology 2
Very likely from ; compare (whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) a sake, reason
 * 2) * 749,  ( 1, first day of the fourth lunar month)
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Usage notes

 * Takes either the particle or.