rickshaw
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈɹɪkˌʃɔː//
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
noun
- 1
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle Chinese 人 (nyin) Middle Chinese 力 (lik) Middle Chinese 人力 Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Tocharian *kuk(ä)lebor.? Middle Chinese 車 Japanese 人力車clip. Japanese 力車bor. English rickshaw Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 /人力车 (rénlìchē)).
verb
- 1
To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
Forms
- plural
- rickshaws
- past tense
- rickshawed
- past participle
- rickshawed
- present participle
- rickshawing
- third person singular
- rickshaws
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