tangke
See also: Tangke
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tanque, from Portuguese tanque.
The second sense is influenced by English septic tank.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tang‧ke
- IPA(key): /ˈtaŋke/ [ˈt̪aŋ.ke]
Noun
tangke (Badlit spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)
- tank; vat (of water, fuel, etc.); cistern
- cesspool; septic tank
- Synonym: poso negro
- (military) tank (armored vehicle)
- Synonym: tangke de gera
- (military) armored personnel carrier
- Synonym: tangke de gera
- (military) infantry fighting vehicle
- Synonym: tangke de gera
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tangke.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tanque, from Portuguese tanque, from Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī), from Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taŋˈke/ [t̪ɐŋˈkɛ], /ˈtaŋke/ [ˈt̪aŋ.kɛ]
- Rhymes: -e, -aŋke
- Syllabification: tang‧ke
Noun
tangké or tangke (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜒ)
- tank (armored vehicle)
- tank; vat (of water, gasoline, etc.); cistern
- Synonym: alhibe
- water reservoir
- Synonym: deposito
Derived terms
- tangkihan
See also
Further reading
- “tangke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018