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‖ lakatoi|ˈlækətɔɪ|
[Papuan.]
In New Guinea, a native dug-out canoe, with two or more hulls.
1885W. W. Gill in Chalmers & Gill Work & Adventures New Guinea ii. i. 258 We were fortunate in seeing two lakatoi or Gulf-going crafts; the larger one consisted of fourteen immense canoes lashed firmly together and decked. Ibid. 259 Each lakatoi starting for the Gulf is filled with earthenware pots. 1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 742/2 The Papuans build excellent canoes and other boats... The most remarkable of their vessels is the ‘lakatoi’, composed of several capacious dug-outs, each nearly 50 ft. long, which are strongly lashed together. 1926Mariner's Mirror XII. 216/2 Fig. 2 is a lakatoi of Port Moresby, S.E. New Guinea. 1964Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 9 Aug. 20/5 Some of them have purchased {pstlg}400 outboard motors which they fit to lakatois—generally two hollowed out logs with a connecting wooden decking. 1964Punch 26 Aug. 319/2 How will the lakatoi run before the wind of change? 1968Mariner's Mirror LIV. 348 Today the sails used on lakatoi are rectangular, with the peak held by a sprit. |