tangka
See also: tángkǎ
English
Noun
tangka (plural tangkas)
- Alternative form of thangka
Atong (India)
Etymology
Compare Bengali টাকা (ṭaka) (from earlier *টাঁকা (*ṭãka)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taŋka/
Noun
tangka (Bengali script তাঙ্কা or তাংকা)
- money
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Garo
Etymology
Compare Bengali টাকা (ṭaka) (from earlier *টাঁকা (*ṭãka)).
Noun
tangka
- money
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- tangca – obsolete
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tang‧ka
- IPA(key): /taŋˈkaʔ/, [tɐŋˈkaʔ]
Noun
tangkâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃ)
- attempt; endeavor; try
- Synonyms: ato, subok, pag-ato, pagsubok
- intention; plan; purpose
- Synonyms: balak, layon, hangad, pakay, pagbabalak, layunin, hangad, hangarin
- (obsolete) calculation of cost
- Synonyms: kuwenta, taya
- (obsolete) act of making calculation to delegate something
- (obsolete) promise
- Synonym: pangako
Derived terms
- magtangka
- pagtangkaan
- pagtatangka
- tangkaan
- tangkain
Further reading
- “tangka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- “tangka” in Pinoy Dictionary, Cyberspace.ph, 2010-2023.