balanghai

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 15:32, 28 September 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Noun

balanghai (plural balanghais)

  1. A large boat, about 18 meters in length, used by Malay settlers of the Philippines in prehispanic times. Such a vessel would carry a small clan or a large family.
    • 1996, E. P. Patanñe, The Philippines in the 6th to 16th Centuries, page 172:
      Shortly, thereafter, the Spaniards saw two balanghais, large outriggers, making for the island. One of the balanghais had an awning covering a platform on which sat an important-looking figure.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=balanghai&oldid=54346775"