tjalk

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch.

Noun[edit]

tjalk (plural tjalks)

  1. (historical) An old Dutch sailing barge with a round bow, leeboards and a gaff-rigged mast.

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from West Frisian tsjalk. Often considered a diminutive of an unattested Old Frisian cognate of kiel (keel).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʃɑlk/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: tjalk
  • Rhymes: -ɑlk

Noun[edit]

tjalk m or f (plural tjalken, diminutive tjalkje n)

  1. An old Dutch sailing barge with a round bow, leeboards and a gaff-rigged mast.