tjalk
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch.
Noun[edit]
tjalk (plural tjalks)
- (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]
Noun[edit]
tjalk m or f (plural tjalken, diminutive tjalkje n)
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