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mtepe|(ə)mˈteɪpeɪ|
[Swahili.]
A sailing craft characterized by a square matting sail, used on the East coast of Africa.
1872R. F. Burton Zanzibar I. iv. 73 Various native craft..anchor close in shore... The quaintest and freshest local build is to us the Mtepe, which the Arabs call Muntafiyah. 1938Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXVIII. 343 It is only when the Swahili coast is reached that the oculus is again encountered. In this region the only sea-going craft that can be classed as indigenous is the mtepe. 1942E. African Ann. 1941–2 27/1 His ‘M'tepe’ squatted, with many others, on the deep waters beyond the jetty. The tapering mast, raking forwards, was now devoid of its lateen sail. |