ᴹQ. tanka adj. “firm, fixed, sure” (Category: Sure, Certain)

ᴹQ. tanca, adj. “firm, fixed, sure, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] fast; steady, (stead)fast” (Category: Sure, Certain)

References ✧ Ety/TAK; PE22/111

Glosses

• “firm, fixed, sure” ✧ Ety/TAK
• “fixed, firm” ✧ PE22/111 (tañka)

Variations

• tanka ✧ Ety/TAK
• tañka ✧ PE22/111

Element In

• ᴹQ. altankanta- “to become unfixed”
• ᴺQ. !latanca “unsure, insecure”
• ᴺQ. !tancavë “certainly”
• ᴺQ. !útancië “uncertainty”
• Q. tancarya- “*to become firm”

Cognates

• Ilk. tâch “firm, stiff, solid” ✧ Ety/TAK (tāch)
• N. tanc “firm” ✧ Ety/TAK

Derivations

• < ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast, make” ✧ Ety/TAK; PE22/111
• < ᴹ✶tanka “firm”
  • < ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast, make”

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√TAK > tanka

[taŋka]

✧ Ety/TAK

ᴱQ. tanka¹ adj. “firm, fixed, fast; steady, (stead)fast” (Category: Sure, Certain)

References ✧ PE13/165; PE14/66; PE16/137; QL/41, 88

Glosses

• “firm” ✧ PE14/66
• “firm, fixed, fast, steady” ✧ QL/88
• “firm, steady, steadfast” ✧ PE13/165
• “fixed, firm” ✧ PE16/137

Element In

• ᴱQ. tanko “firmly”
• ᴱQ. iltanka “unsteady” ✧ QL/41

Cognates

• ᴱIlk. þór “firm, steady, steadfast” ✧ PE13/165
• ᴱN. tanc “firm, steady, steadfast” ✧ PE13/165
• ᴱT. tanca “firm, steady, steadfast” ✧ PE13/165; PE14/66 (tanka)
• G. tanc “firm, steady, settled”

Derivations

• < ᴱ√TAKA “fix, fasten, stick” ✧ PE14/66 (tak-); QL/88

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√tak- > tanka	[taŋkā] > [taŋka]	✧ PE14/66
ᴱ√TAKA > tanka	[taŋkā] > [taŋka]	✧ QL/88