tankus

From Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to pull together, coagulate, solidify, compact”). Cognate with Persian تنجیدن (tanjidan, “to squeeze, twist”), Old Armenian թանձր (tʻanjr, “thick, dense”), English tight, Old Norse þéttr (“close, thick”), Old Irish técht (“solidified”), Sanskrit तञ्च् (tañc, “to contract, coagulate”),^[1] and perhaps Hittite [script needed] (tamekzi, “attaches”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːŋkʊs/

tánkus m (feminine tánki, neuter tanku) stress pattern 3

1. thick; dense

   Jìs užmìgo tankiojè gìrioje.

   He fell asleep in a dense forest.

2. (of multiple objects, such as trees) close together
3. (of footsteps, speech, etc.) quick, speedy