tjalk

English

Etymology

From Dutch.

Noun

tjalk (plural tjalks)

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɑlk/

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• Hyphenation: tjalk
• Rhymes: -ɑlk

Noun

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