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tanko.

rod, bar, pole, staff (long stick)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɑŋko/[ˈt̪ɑ̝ŋko̞]
  1. rod, bar, pole, staff (long stick)

    tankotanssi
  2. rod, bar, pole, staff (long stick) barre (handrail fixed to a wall to aid exercises)

  3. rod, bar, pole, staff (long stick) billet

  4. rod, bar, pole, staff (long stick) batten (long bar affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support lights, curtains, etc.)

  5. ellipsis of kanelitanko (“quill; thin dried piece of something, especially cinnamon”)

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  6. ellipsis of vaniljatanko (“stick; dried fruit of vanilla”)

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  7. ellipsis of saippuatanko (“loaf; large block of soap”)

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  8. ellipsis of vaatetanko (“clothes rail”)

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  9. ellipsis of ohjaustanko (“handlebar(s)”)

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *tanko, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛊᛏᚨᚾᚷᚢ (*stangu), from Proto-Germanic *stangō (“bar, rod, stake”) (compare German Stange).

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