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mashua

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Etymology 1

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FromSpanishmashua, from an indigenous language.Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Noun

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mashua (pluralmashuas)

  1. A root vegetable grown in theAndes,Tropaeolum tuberosum.

Etymology 2

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FromSwahilimashua(“boat”).

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Noun

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mashua (pluralmashuas)

  1. A type of simplefishingvessel found on the coast of East Africa.

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Sango

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Noun

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mashua

  1. boat,steamboat

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromOmani Arabicماشوة(māšūa ~ māšawwa), ultimately from an Indian source; compareGujaratiમછવો(machvo) (plural/obliqueમછવા(machvā)),Marathiमचवा(macvā).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mashua classIX (pluralmashua classX)

  1. a kind ofsingle-mastedfishingboat

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, inStudia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Boat’, Swmashua. From OArmāšūa (R: 74) (but alsomāšūwe R:164), from an Indian language; cf. Gujaratimacvā.”
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