doongan.
/ˈduːnɡə/, U.S. /ˈduŋɡə/ India.
A flat-bottomed dugout with a square sail.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > dug-out
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1905 Westm. Gaz. 3 Jan. 2/1 A line of stretchers was winding in and out past the dungas—all laden.
1922 Chambers's Jrnl. 759/2 There is the house-boat, the doonga—a species of long canoe, with a sloping rush roof.., in which you live.
1925 Chambers's Jrnl. 77/1 At Srinagar Durrant hired a large doonga-houseboat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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