单词 | kumpit |
释义 | kumpitn. A trading-vessel of the Philippine Islands. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > [noun] > types of specific construction or rig crayerc1325 tarettea1352 craye1541 argosy1577 polacre1621 frigate1624 polacre ship1745 kumpit1951 1951 People (Austral.) 17 Jan. 48/3 They were finally got away by a Filipino..who paddled over from the Philippines in a ‘kumpit’ and took them back under a small cargo of rice. 1968 Economist 12 Oct. 81/3 There's many a fast kumpit no doubt leaving Sabah bound for the Sulu shores. 1969 R. Thomas Singapore Wink xiii. 138 ‘..the Wilfreda Maria.’ ‘What's that?’ ‘A kumpit.’ ‘And a kumpit is a what?’ ‘It's an eight-ton ship. I bought it from a Moro pirate. I'm a smuggler.’ 1972 Sunday Times (Singapore) 24 Sept. 7/3 Strict watch is maintained on all kumpits (Filipino boats) arriving in Sabah. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1951 |
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