တာ့တာ
tata
တာ့တာ (tata) is the Burmese way to say bye.
တာ့တာ is a short way to say goodbye.
Meaning: short for goodbye (intj)
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
တာ့တာ is an informal and cute way to say goodbye, similar to saying 'bye-bye' in English.
How do you pronounce it?
tata
Did you know?
- The Burmese word တာ့တာ is a loanword from the British English 'ta-ta', which was common during the colonial era.
- Burmese has no single word that perfectly matches the English 'goodbye' in all contexts, often relying on phrases that describe the action of departing.
- While 'ta-ta' sounds British, it is actually a rare example of English loanwords being used to sound 'cute' or 'sweet' in Burmese rather than strictly formal.
Examples in context
- တာ့တာ!ta ta!Bye!
- တာ့တာ၊ နောက်မှတွေ့မယ်။ta ta, nauk hma twae mae.Bye, see you later.
- သွားပြီ၊ တာ့တာ။thwar bee, ta ta.I'm going now, bye.
Example conversation
Two friends are waving to each other as they depart from a cafe.
- မြတ်နိုး Myat Noeတာ့တာ၊ မင်းမင်း။ta ta, Min Min.Bye, Min Min.
- မင်းမင်း Min Minတာ့တာ၊ မြတ်နိုး။ta ta, Myat Noe.Bye, Myat Noe.
- မြတ်နိုး Myat Noeဂရုစိုက်ဦးနော်။ga yu saik oo naw.Take care, okay?
- မင်းမင်း Min Minအင်း၊ နင်လည်း ဂရုစိုက်ဦး။inn, nin lal ga yu saik oo.Yeah, you take care too.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries တာ့တာ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
