History and Etymology for pirogue.

Pirogue etymology. Pirogue pɪˈrəʊɡ piragua n. Specifically a flat-bottom boat made of one four-feet by eight-feet piece of plywood the bottom being a two-feet eight-inches wide eight-feet long pointed-ends. But Watkins and Ayto say from Old Church Slavonic pirŭ feast from PIE root po i- to.

Pirogue Noun A canoe of shallow draft made by hollowing a log. πιρόγα piróga Etymology 2. 1979 1986 HarperCollins Publishers 1998 2000 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2012 WORD OF THE DAY.

Piragua f plural piraguas Puerto Rico cooking piragua frozen dessert Derived terms. Nautical Naval Termsa flat-bottomed sailing vessel having two masts. Etymology Borrowed from French pirogue from Spanish piragua from Galibi Carib piraua.

An Old English word for it was sæsceaða. Sunu gaal meaning our pirogue in the Wolof language is the most commonly accepted etymology for. Pirogue Noun A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft.

Via French from Spanish piragua. Piragua f plural piraguas pirogue. Civil War slang piroot to move or travel listlessly or.

Any of various kinds of dugout canoes. Small dumpling made of dough stuffed with potato cheese etc 1854 via Yiddish from Russian plural of pirog pie perhaps borrowed from the Turkic language of the Kazan Tatars compare Turkish borek. Via French from Spanish piragua Collins English Dictionary - Complete Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition William Collins Sons Co.