tangkas

English

Noun

tangkas

1. plural of tangka

Anagrams

• gas tank

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tang‧kas
• IPA^(key): /taŋˈkas/ [taŋˈkas]

Noun

tangkás

1. removal, act of take off something

   Synonym: hali

2. act of pulling out

   Synonym: butong

3. act of unplugging

   Antonym: saksak

Derived terms

• magtangkas
• makatangkas
• matangkas
• tangkason

 

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taŋˈkas/ [t̪ɐŋˈkas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: tang‧kas

Noun

tangkás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ᜔ᜃᜐ᜔)

1. bundle or handful of leaves (such as leaves of tobacco, betel, etc.)

   Synonyms: kumpol, tungkos, pumpon, mano

2. (strictly) small bundle of betel leaves (placed one over the other in assorted sizes)
3. (set theory, neologism) set

Derived terms

• awangganing tangkas
• halat ng tangkas
• hangganing tangkas
• itangkas
• kubtangkas
• pagtangkas
• pagtatangkas
• palatangkasan
• tangkasin

 

See also

• bigkis
• kamada
• pangkat
• tali

 

Further reading

• “tangkas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “tangkas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL