tangkan

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /täŋ.kän/

Verb

tangkan

1. follow; walk behind

   Aku dulu bejalai lalu ditangkanka iya.

   I walked in the lead, and was followed by him

2. succeed (replace someone in a position)

   Udah apai nuan, tangkanka sapa nyadi tuai rumah kita?

   After your father, who succeeded the position of the head of your longhouse?

Adverb

tangkan

1. after

   Tangkan tu bisi agi pengetu, nya baru datai ba rumah.

   After this there will be a stop, and then we will arrive at the house.