tangko

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tang‧ko
  • IPA(key): /taŋˈkoʔ/, [taŋˈkoʔ]

Noun

tangkô

  1. act of bumping someone's head
  2. instance of bumping one's head
    Synonym: pungka

Derived terms
  • magtangko
  • makatangko
  • matangko
  • matangkuan
  • tangkuan

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Batak *taŋkow, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *takaw (with additional nasal before the medial consonant).

Verb

tangko

  1. (transitive) to steal

References
  • Woollams, Geoff (1996). A Grammar of Karo Batak, Sumatra. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p. 45.

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Batak *taŋkow, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *takaw (with additional nasal before the medial consonant).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtakːɔ]

Verb

tangko (active manangko)

  1. (transitive) to steal

References
  • J. Warneck (1906) Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch‎, Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 206
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