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| cloth | |
| gongoro | ~ the name of a kind of cloth introduced by the Arabs. |
| jiafotsy | ~ cloth woven from raffia |
| kitamby | ~ a piece of cloth worn wrapped around by women |
| sikina | ~ a cloth worn around the waist |
| cloth (a) | |
| lamba | ~ the usual outer garment worn by the people. It is generally a piece of calico, from 4 to 5 yards long cut in two, and sewn together along the length. Also cloth in general. [It is interesting to note that in Borneo, Lamba is a yellow-flowered broad-leaved weed, from the strong fibre of which a kind cloth is made: and that the Swahili Arabs trading on the west coast in jiafotsy lamba have adopted the word as ramba] ~ woven cloth; clothing |
| cloth (kind of coloured) | |
| anadonaka | ~ [Provincial] [lonaka, a palace.] The name of a coloured cloth introduced by the Arabs |
| clothe (to) | |
| manafy | ~ to clothe, to dress. |
| clothed | |
| voafono | ~ covered, clothed, wrapped up, shrouded. |
| clothes (to change) | |
| miova fitafiana | ~ to change clothes |
| clothes-brush | |
| borosin-akanjo | ~ [akanjo, a garment] a clothes-brush |
| clothing | |
| fitafiana | ~ clothing |
| akanjo | ~ a coat, outer garment, dress. [Swa. ka'nza, or Fr. canezon.] ~ clothing; a dress; a shirt |
| tafy | ~ clothing, the act of clothing. [Ar. ataf.] ~ clothing |
| clothing (a) | |
| lamba | ~ the usual outer garment worn by the people. It is generally a piece of calico, from 4 to 5 yards long cut in two, and sewn together along the length. Also cloth in general. [It is interesting to note that in Borneo, Lamba is a yellow-flowered broad-leaved weed, from the strong fibre of which a kind cloth is made: and that the Swahili Arabs trading on the west coast in jiafotsy lamba have adopted the word as ramba] ~ woven cloth; clothing |
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