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tongkang

tongkang noun: a kind of light wooden boat used in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers in Maritime Southeast Asia.

Noun

tongkang (plural tongkangs)

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

Forms of tongkang

pluraltongkangs

Origin of tongkang

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

Questions about tongkang

What does tongkang mean?
Tongkang means a kind of light wooden boat used in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers in Maritime Southeast Asia.
What part of speech is tongkang?
Tongkang is a noun.
What is the plural of tongkang?
The plural of tongkang is tongkangs.

Words near tongkang in the dictionary

  1. Tongham
  2. Tonghi Creek
  3. Tonghua
  4. tonging
  5. Tongio
  6. tongkang
  7. tongkangs
  8. Tongking
  9. Tongko
  10. tongkonan
  11. tongkonans

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