mokoro
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
mokoro (plural mokoros or mekoro)
- A dugout canoe, especially as used in the Okavango Swamps of Botswana.
- 1987, Michael Main, Kalahari, page 74:
- The mokoro owner I hired happily piled us all into a single, rather small craft and we set off over a flooded meadow, covered with barely half a metre of water.
- 2007, Chris McIntyre, Botswana, Bradt Travel Guides, page 165:
- Several companies offer trips by mokoro, lasting from one to three days, although almost all these trips are run by the same community trust.
Northern Sotho[edit]
Noun[edit]
mokoro
Sotho[edit]
Noun[edit]
mokoro class 3/4 (plural mekoro)
Tswana[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mokôrô class 3 (plural mekoro)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: mokoro
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