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rickshaw

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • //ˈɹɪkˌʃɔː//

A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.

noun

  1. 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. 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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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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