# tongkang

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A kind of light wooden boat used in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers in Maritime Southeast Asia.
2. bumboat

## Etymology
Borrowed from Malay tongkang (“barge”). Cognate with Burmese တုန်ကင်း (tunkang:).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tongkang