mtepe

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Swahili

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Mtepe katika Zanzibar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mtepe class III (plural mitepe class IV)

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

References

  • 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

Further reading

  • Bob Holtzman (2012 September 7) “The Mtepes of Kenya”, in Indigenous Boats