manowari

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English man-o'-war.

Pronunciation

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Noun

manowari class IX (plural manowari class X)

  1. warship, battleship

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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