manowari
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English man-o'-war.
Pronunciation
Noun
manowari (n class, plural manowari)
Derived terms
References
- Nettelbladt, F. Freiherr von (1891) Suaheli-Dragoman. Gespräche, Wörterbuch und praktische Anleitungen zum Verkehr mit den Eingeborenen in Deutsch-Ostafrika [Swahili Interpreter: Conversations, Dictionary and Practical Instructions for Dealing with the Natives in German East Africa] (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 134: “manowāri (engl), Kriegsſchiff.”
- Rechenbach, Charles W. (1967) Swahili-English Dictionary, Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, page 284
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