tekne

Meaning

  1. trough
  2. boat
  3. hull (of a ship)
  4. tray (used to hold set type)
  5. syncline
  6. basin
  7. belly, table (of certain stringed instruments)

Frequency

B2
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تكنه (tekne, “trough, manger”), from Proto-Turkic *tekne (“trough”). Cognate with Chuvash такана (tak̬ana, “wash tub”).

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