mtepe

Swahili

Mtepe katika Zanzibar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mtepe (m-mi class, plural mitepe)

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^[1]