mainato
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
mainato (plural mainatos)
- (India, historical) A washerman or dhobi.
References[edit]
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “mainato”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Macanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Malayalam [script needed] (mannattan), most likely via Indo-Portuguese.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mainato
- Chinese laundryman who takes washing in
- laundry (a place or room where laundering is done)
- levâ rópa-rópa pa mainato ― to take clothes to the laundry
References[edit]
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- mzs:Laundry
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