toñaki large ship, esp. Western sailing ship

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	toɲaki
Tanema Equivalent	toñaki
Lovono Equivalent	toñaki

• • large ship, esp. Western sailing ship

  • • Example 238:
      

      Vilisao i-ka i-arevo toñaki pon kula tilu na.

      The tornado split the ship into two halves.

    • Example 478:
      

      Li-apilo toñaki awoiu, bara i-vagas’ metele tuo nga ponu.

      The building of the ship must have taken about six months.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003270#S3

    • Example 2497:
      

      Ei! Dapa! Na toñaki ae na? Na toñaki we tepuke?

      Hey, people! What sort of ship is that? Is it a European ship, or a Polynesian sailing canoe?

    • Example 2498:
      

      piene peini toñaki ie Laperus

      the story of Lapérouse's ship

Related entries

• See also:
  • kuo canoe, esp. traditional canoe made of a single trunk, with no outrigger / boat, ship, from other cultures / “canoe tree”: k.o. tree (unidentified), traditionally chosen for making canoes – hence its name