A traditional boat or canoe used in the Philippines or Southeast Asia, typically made from logs or hollowed wood.
From Filipino/Tagalog 'bukat' or related Southeast Asian language term. The word entered English through colonial contact with the Philippines and represents indigenous water transportation technology.
The bukat is one of thousands of loan words English borrowed while colonizing and trading globally—it's a reminder that English didn't invent everything, just borrowed heavily from every culture it encountered!
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