Tonk

See also: tonk and tönk

English

Etymology

Contraction of Tonkinese.

Noun

Tonk (plural Tonks)

  1. A Tonkinese cat.

Anagrams

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thonk, from Proto-West Germanic *þank, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz. Cognates include West Frisian tank and German Dank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔŋk/
  • Hyphenation: Tonk
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋk

Noun

Tonk m (plural [please provide])

  1. thanks

Derived terms

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Tonk”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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