Also 6 gyn-, gingatho, 7 gingatha, -ada, -ado, (jergado), 8 jungodo, jungada, janjade. [Pg. jangada (1504 in Correa), ad. Malayālam changāḍam, in Tuḷu jangāla raft, junction of two boats, ferry-boat, ad. Skr. saṃghāṭa, ‘fitting and joining together (of timber), joinery.’ Taken by the Portuguese from East Indies to South America, where it is now chiefly used.]
A float or raft consisting of four or five logs fastened together, and furnished with a seat and lateen sail, so as to form a rude fishing-boat: used in the northern parts of Brazil and Peru. b. orig. A raft, used in the East Indies, often formed of two or more boats fastened together; a JANGAR.
1598. W. Phillips, trans. Linschoten’s Voy., 1472. Some tooke bords, deals, and other peeces of wood, and bound them together (which ye Portingals cal Iangadas) … all hoping to saue their liues.
1600. Hakluyt, Voy., III. 776. There came aboord vs two Indians vpon a Gyngatho.
1625. Purchas, Pilgrims, I. v. 631. Their Boat being split in pieces, made a Gingada of Timber.
1760–72. trans. Juan & Ulloa’s Voy. (ed. 3), I. 181. These Balzas, called by the Indians, Jungadas [note, They are the same that are called Catamorans in the East Indies].
1846. G. Gardner, Brazil, 79.
1893. Daily News, 27 May, 5/3. To create a fresh sensation by importing a ‘Jangada’ from Pernambuco for use on our own river.
