proa en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɹəʊ.ə/ (UK)
- /ˈpɹoʊ.ə/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Malay perau, a variant of perahu. In some forms via Portuguese parão or Dutch prauw; in some forms assimilated to prow.
Meanings
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A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.
Malay ‘prahu’ or proa were said to be more than a match for British vessels.
2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 231:1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt I noticed that on the sea were numerous fantastically shaped canoes—or rather boats—like Malay proas, or the canoes used by many of the South Sea islanders.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prau | alternative | lexicographic | |
| prow | alternative | lexicographic | |
| proas | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| prahu | alternative | lexicographic | |
| perahu | alternative | lexicographic | |
| parao | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
fr prao (sailing vessel) · ms perahu (sailing vessel) · nl prauw (sailing vessel)