tanka

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Japanese 短歌 (tanka, “short song”), from Middle Chinese 短 (MC twanX) 歌 (MC ka) (compare Mandarin 短歌 (duǎngē) duǎngē). ==== Noun ==== tanka (plural tankas or tanka) A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See thangka. ==== Noun ==== tanka (plural tankas) Alternative form of thangka (“Tibetan religious artwork”). === Etymology 3 === See Tanka. ==== Noun ==== tanka (plural tankas) Alternative form of Tanka (“ethnic group of boat people living in China”). A kind of boat used in Guangdong, about 25 feet long and often rowed by Tanka women; junk. === Etymology 4 === Ultimately from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka, “chisel; tanka”). ==== Noun ==== tanka (plural tankas) (historical) A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia. ===== Alternative forms ===== taka, tucka === Anagrams === kanat == Finnish == === Etymology === From Japanese 短歌 (tanka). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋkɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ŋkɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑŋkɑ Syllabification(key): tan‧ka Hyphenation(key): tan‧ka === Noun === tanka tanka (Japanese verse) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tanka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === ankat, kanat, kanta, katan, takan == Japanese == === Romanization === tanka Rōmaji transcription of たんか == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === tanket === Verb === tanka inflection of tanke: simple past past participle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === tanke === Etymology === From English tank. === Verb === tanka (present tense tankar, past tense tanka, past participle tanka, passive infinitive tankast, present participle tankande, imperative tanka/tank) tank (put fuel into a tank) === References === “tanka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Verb === tanka inflection of tankar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Serbo-Croatian == === Adjective === tanka (Cyrillic spelling танка) inflection of tanak: feminine nominative/vocative singular indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular indefinite animate masculine accusative singular neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural == Swedish == === Noun === tanka c (archaic) thought ... på Månan, och har gifvit anledning till den oriktiga tankan att där finnas eldsprutande berg. ... on the Moon, and has given occasion to the incorrect thought that it has fire-spouting mountains. ==== Declension ==== === Verb === tanka (present tankar, preterite tankade, supine tankat, imperative tanka) to refuel, to fill up (put gasoline in a tank) (slang) to drink large quantities of alcohol; to booze (computing, slang) to download large quantities of data ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== tanka ner tanka upp tankning === References === tanka in Svensk ordbok (SO) tanka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) tanka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === kanat, kanta