mtepe

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Swahili

[edit]
Mtepe katika Zanzibar.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

[edit]

mtepe (m-mi class, plural mitepe)

  1. A traditional kind of sewn boat with a projecting prow.

References

[edit]
  • Martin Walsh (2020) “Sewn boats of the Swahili coast: The mtepe and the dau reconsidered”, in Kenya Past and Present, number 47, pages 23-32