tumbawe

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tumbawe (ma class, plural matumbawe)

  1. coral
    • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[1], stanza 13:
      هُنُ اُلِمِغُ بَحَرِ تِيْسِ ، اُنَ مَتُبَوِ نَمَغِ مَاسِ،
      Hunu ulimwengu baḥari tesi, una matumbawe na-mangi masi,
      This world is a troubled sea, it has corals and much wickedness;