Phrase guide

carrying pole

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: milkmaid's yoke, pingo, shoulder pole

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անկտի (ankti) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Azerbaijani: çiyin ağacı — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Bashkir: көйәнтә (köyəntə) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Basque: edarraga — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Basque: uraga — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Belarusian: карамы́сла (karamýsla) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Bulgarian: коби́лица (kobílica) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Burmese: ထမ်းပိုး (htam:pui:) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Catalan: collader — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Catalan: collada — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Catalan: fustegal — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Catalan: fusteguer — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Chinese: данзы (danzɨ) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Chinese Mandarin: 扁擔 /扁担 (biǎndan) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擔杖 /担杖 (dānzhàng) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擔挑 /担挑 (dāntiāo) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擔子 /担子 (dànzi) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Chuvash: кӗвенте (kĕvent̬e) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Danish: åg — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Dutch: draagstok — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Dutch: pikolan — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Egyptian: i-N-i-w-H_SPACE:R7-bA-Z1:xt (jnjwbꜣ) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Esperanto: vekto — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Estonian: kaelkoogud — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Estonian: kaelpuud — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Estonian: õlapuud — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Finnish: korento — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Finnish: ämmänlänget — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Finnish: ies — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • French: palanche — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • French: chambalon — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Georgian: უღელი (uɣeli) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • German: Tragjoch — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • German: Tragstange — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Hawaiian: ʻauamo — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Indonesian: pikulan — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Irish: coirb — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Italian: bilanciere — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Japanese: 天秤棒 (tenbinbō) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Kazakh: иінағаш (iınağaş) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Kazakh: күйенте (küiente) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Khmer: ធ្នឹម (thnɨm) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Komi-Zyrian: карнан (karnan) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Korean: 멜대 (meldae) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Lithuanian: naščiai — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Malay: kandar — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Māori: amo — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Eastern Mari: вӱдвара (vüdvara) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Western Mari: вӹдвӓрӓ (vÿdvärä) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Mongolian: дамнуур (damnuur) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Mongolian: дамжуурга (damžuurga) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åk — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Norwegian Bokmål: børtre — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vassåk — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vassele — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Occitan: palanca — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Occitan: semalièr — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Polish: koromysło — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Polish: nosidło — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Portuguese: calão — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Portuguese: canga — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Romanian: cobiliță — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Russian: коромы́сло (koromýslo) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Samoan: amo — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀брамница — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Serbo-Croatian: òbramnica — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Swedish: bärstång — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Tagalog: pingga — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Tahitian: amo — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Tajik: обкашак (obkašak) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Tatar: көянтә (köyäntä) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Tày: càn — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Thai: ไม้คาน — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Thai: คาน (kaan) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Turkish: omuzluk — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Udmurt: карнан (karnan) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Ukrainian: короми́сло (koromýslo) — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Uzbek: obkash — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Vietnamese: đòn gánh — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Vietnamese: đòn triêng — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Walloon: hårkea — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Walloon: gorea — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
  • Walloon: coube — a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load