tongkang

English

Etymology

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

Noun

tongkang (plural tongkangs)

  1. (nautical, 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
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