tangko

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Alternative forms

• tingka

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^[1], Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 206