lakatoin.
/ˈlakətɔɪ/ In New Guinea, a native dugout canoe, with two or more hulls.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > dug-out
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1885 W. W. Gill in Chalmers & Gill Work & Adventures New Guinea ii. i. 258 We were fortunate in seeing two lakatoi or Gulf-going crafts; the larger one consisted of fourteen immense canoes lashed firmly together and decked.
1885 W. W. Gill in Chalmers & Gill Work & Adventures New Guinea ii. i. 259 Each lakatoi starting for the Gulf is filled with earthenware pots.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 742/2 The Papuans build excellent canoes and other boats... The most remarkable of their vessels is the ‘lakatoi’, composed of several capacious dug-outs, each nearly 50 ft. long, which are strongly lashed together.
1926 Mariner's Mirror 12 216/2 Fig. 2 is a lakatoi of Port Moresby, S.E. New Guinea.
1964 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 9 Aug. 20/5 Some of them have purchased £400 outboard motors which they fit to lakatois—generally two hollowed out logs with a connecting wooden decking.
1964 Punch 26 Aug. 319/2 How will the lakatoi run before the wind of change?
1968 Mariner's Mirror 54 348 Today the sails used on lakatoi are rectangular, with the peak held by a sprit.
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