dongolas
/ˈdɔŋɡələz/
noun
- A type of small, simple boat used in South Asia, especially in Bangladesh and India, often made from a hollowed tree trunk.
- Tourists can rent a dongolas to explore the narrow canals of the Sundarbans.
- The village children learned to balance in a dongolas before they could swim.
- The fisherman paddled his dongolas across the calm river at dawn.