lakatoi

English

Alternative forms

• lagatoi

Etymology

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Noun

lakatoi (plural lakatois or lakatoi)

1. A double-hulled sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea.
2. (philately, early 20th century) any of the series of postage stamps issued in British New Guinea and Papua featuring a design of a lakatoi.