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| voafono | clothed ~ covered, clothed, wrapped up, shrouded. |
| manafy | clothe (to) ~ to clothe, to dress. |
| gongoro | cloth ~ the name of a kind of cloth introduced by the Arabs. |
| jiafotsy | cloth ~ cloth woven from raffia |
| kitamby | cloth ~ a piece of cloth worn wrapped around by women |
| lamba | cloth (a) ~ the usual outer garment worn by the people. It is generally a piece of calico, from 4 to 5 yards long cut in two, and sewn together along the length. Also cloth in general. [It is interesting to note that in Borneo, Lamba is a yellow-flowered broad-leaved weed, from the strong fibre of which a kind cloth is made: and that the Swahili Arabs trading on the west coast in jiafotsy lamba have adopted the word as ramba] ~ woven cloth; clothing |
| anadonaka | cloth (kind of coloured) ~ [lonaka, a palace.] The name of a coloured cloth introduced by the Arabs^Provincial |
| sikina | cloth ~ a cloth worn around the waist |
| borosin-akanjo | clothes-brush ~ [akanjo, a garment] a clothes-brush |
| miova fitafiana | clothes (to change) ~ to change clothes |
| fitafiana | clothing ~ clothing |
| akanjo | clothing ~ clothing; a dress; a shirt |
| lamba | clothing (a) ~ the usual outer garment worn by the people. It is generally a piece of calico, from 4 to 5 yards long cut in two, and sewn together along the length. Also cloth in general. [It is interesting to note that in Borneo, Lamba is a yellow-flowered broad-leaved weed, from the strong fibre of which a kind cloth is made: and that the Swahili Arabs trading on the west coast in jiafotsy lamba have adopted the word as ramba] ~ woven cloth; clothing |
| tafy | clothing ~ clothing, the act of clothing. [Ar. ataf.] ~ clothing |
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