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noun
A kind of light wooden boat used in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers in Maritime Southeast Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
bumboat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore
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History
Borrowed from Malay tongkang (“barge”). Cognate with Burmese တုန်ကင်း (tunkang:).
