"tha" meaning in English

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Article

Head templates: {{head|en|article}} tha
  1. (US, African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of the. Tags: US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: the Synonyms: da
    Sense id: en-tha-en-article-aYdY06v5 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, American English, English eye dialect, English articles Disambiguation of English articles: 63 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ða/
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: In parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire where [aʊ] became [aː] and then shortened in an unstressed thou. Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} tha, {{en-pron}} tha
  1. (Northern England, dialectal) Pronunciation spelling of thou. Tags: Northern-England, alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: thou
    Sense id: en-tha-en-pron-Mo0VM-y~ Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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