Tanka

See also: tanka, tankā, and tänka

English

Alternative forms

• tanka, tankia, danjia

Etymology

Likely from Cantonese 蜑家 (daan6 gaa1).

Noun

Tanka (plural Tankas)

1. A member of a group of people in southern China who traditionally live on junks.

Translations

member of a group of southern Chinese people who traditionally live on junks

• Arabic: شعب تانكا (šaʕb tānkā)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蜑家人 (daan⁶ gaa¹ jan⁴), 蜑家 (daan⁶ gaa¹)

  Mandarin: 水上居民 (shuǐshàng jūmín), 蜑民 (zh) (dànmín), 蜑戶 / 蜑户 (zh) (dànhù)

• French: Tanka m or f
• German: Tanka (de)
• Hausa: Tanka (ha)
• Indonesian: suku Tanka
• Japanese: 蛋民 (たんみん, tanmin)
• Javanese: wong Tanka
• Norwegian: tanka (no)
• Punjabi: ਟਾਂਕਾ ਲੋਕ (Ṭāṅkā lōka)
• Russian: Даньцзя (Danʹczja)
• Turkish: Tanka insanları

Anagrams

• kanat

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtanka]

Proper noun

Tanka m pers (female equivalent Tanková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Tanka (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Tanka	Tankovia	Tankovci
genitive	Tanku	Tankov	Tankovcov
dative	Tankovi	Tankom	Tankovcom
accusative	Tanku	Tankov	Tankovcov
locative	Tankovi	Tankoch	Tankovcoch
instrumental	Tankom	Tankami	Tankovcami

Further reading

• “Tanka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025