Tonk

See also: tonk and tönk

English

Etymology

Contraction of Tonkinese.

Noun

Tonk (plural Tonks)

1. A Tonkinese cat.

Anagrams

• Tkon, knot

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

• Uuntonk

Related terms

• tonkje

References

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