prahu
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In fact, the prahu behaved in the most alarming manner, absolutely refusing to steer, and turning broadside on to the constantly increasing swell.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)
The doctor rose, and shading his eyes, gazed down the stream, but there was no prahu as yet in sight; and he then glanced to left and right for a hiding-place beneath the overhanging trees.
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
On the following day we weighed, and moved some distance up the river, and then anchored, waiting the return of the prahu, which had been despatched up to the town the night before.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
Now the first day there was one war prahu, which ran up a creek; and, on being fired at, the crew deserted her.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Marryat, Frank
The Malay for 'ship,' kapal, is pure Tamil ... the pure Tamil padagu, 'boat,' may reasonably be taken to be the parent of the Malay prahu.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden
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