English Explanatory Dictionary

tongkang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of light wooden boat used in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers in Maritime Southeast Asia.
  2. bumboat

Word forms

tongkang tongkangs

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tongkang (“barge”). Cognate with Burmese တုန်ကင်း (tunkang:).

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