See also: tankūs

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (to pull together, coagulate, solidify, compact). Cognate with Persian تنجیدن (tanjidan, to squeeze, twist), Old Armenian թանձր (tʻanjr, thick, dense), English tight, Old Norse þéttr (close, thick), Old Irish técht (solidified), Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc, to contract, coagulate),[1] and perhaps Hittite [script needed] (tamekzi, attaches).[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tánkus m (feminine tánki, neuter tanku) stress pattern 3

  1. thick; dense
    Jìs užmìgo tankiojè gìrioje.
    He fell asleep in a dense forest.
  2. (of multiple objects, such as trees) close together
  3. (of footsteps, speech, etc.) quick, speedy

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 377-8
  2. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tánkus”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 659