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Native Script:porteo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: por-te-o
"El porteo de las canoas duró más de una hora."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The carrying of a boat or its cargo between two bodies of water or around an obstacle.
"The canoe trip involved a difficult one-mile portage around the roaring waterfall."
- 1
To carry a boat or supplies overland between navigable waters.
"We had to portage our canoes across the rocky ridge before continuing down the river."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word 'portage', stemming from the verb 'porter' (to carry), ultimately from Latin 'portare'. It entered English in the early 17th century through North American exploration to describe the carrying of boats and supplies overland between navigable waterways.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Portage" is said worldwide
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portage
Transliteration: paw-tazh
"Le canot nécessite un long portage."
Bootstransport
Transliteration: boots-trans-port
"Wir mussten unsere Boote an Land tragen."
trasporto
Transliteration: tras-por-to
"Il percorso richiede un faticoso trasporto delle canoe."
portreo
Transliteration: por-te-o
Script: porteo
"El porteo de las canoas duró más de una hora."
transbordo
Transliteration: trãz-bor-du
"Fizemos um longo transbordo com as canoas."
नाव ढोना
Transliteration: naav dhona
"झरने के चारों ओर नाव ढोना कठिन था।"
陆地运送
Transliteration: lù dì yùn sòng
"我们在瀑布旁进行了一次艰难的陆地运送。"
배 운반
Transliteration: bae un-ban
"폭포를 우회하기 위해 배를 육로로 운반해야 했다."
陸送
Transliteration: rikusō
"滝を避けるためにカヌーを陸送した。"
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