tongkonan

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noun

The traditional ancestral house of the Torajan people of Indonesia, built on piles, with a large boat-shaped roof.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nountongkonan (plural tongkonans or tongkonan)

plural tongkonans

  1. The traditional ancestral house of the Torajan people of Indonesia, built on piles, with a large boat-shaped roof.
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APA

tongkonan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tongkonan

MLA

“tongkonan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tongkonan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tongkonan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tongkonan.

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