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单词 manyatta
释义 manyatta|mæˈnjætə|
Also manyat.
[Masai.]
Among certain African peoples, particularly the Masai, a group of huts forming a unit within a common fence.
1905A. C. Hollis Masai 292 Meat may not be eaten in the manyat, or warriors' kraals.1921Blackw. Mag. Jan. 118/1 The Manyatta, a rambling collection of dome-shaped huts surrounded by a straggling zeriba, seemed to have settled down for the day.1964Listener 30 July 163/2 He returned to the family manyatta—a thorn-fenced cluster of low mud hovels shared with the beasts.1971E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 13 Apr. 9/1 A gang of Borana tribesmen attacked a Samburu manyatta at Shaba Hills.
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