tha

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/ða/

Pronunciation spelling of thou.

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tha1

pronoun
  1. Northern Englanddialectalpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of thou.

    "[…] Stay thee where tha bist, sit down on thi property; what's the sense of wanderen over the barren sea and maybe happenen an accident?"

    1937, Homer, The Odyssey

tha2

article
  1. USpronunciation spellingAfrican-American VernacularEye dialect spelling of the.

    Synonyms: da

THA3

nounTHA (plural THAs)

plural THAs

  1. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of total hip arthroplasty.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

In parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire where [aʊ] became [aː] and then shortened in an unstressed thou.

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Cite this entry
APA

tha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tha

MLA

“tha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tha. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tha.

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