(tang′kə) noun
1. A Japanese verse form consisting of five lines, of which the first and third have five syllables, and the rest seven.
2. A poem imitating the Japanese tanka in verse form. [<Japanese]

(tang′kə) noun plural ·ka
A descendant of an aboriginal race living on watercraft at Canton, China. [<Chinese tankia <tan egg + chia family, people]