Tarkauskas

Cf. Tarkēvičius, Tarkūnas (see). Perhaps these surn. tark- with suffix -k- from tar- ¹, then for tar- see Taraila But cf. polish Tarko ², Tarki, Tarkowska (fem.) (SSNO V 424), Russ. Tаpкoвский (CAMC IV 345) and so on. Not to be missed and lit. grate „įrankis daržovėms trinti (tarkuoti); trintuvė“, grate „trinant tarka (bulves ar šiaip ką), smulkinti, daryti košę“ (DLKŽ).