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masai
CIDE DICTIONARY
masai, prop. n.
- A Nilotic language. [WordNet 1.5]
- An African tribe inhabiting parts of Kenya and Tanzania. [PJC]"Picture of Masai women and children standing by the roadside.
(Photographed in Kenya 1983 by PJC)
" [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
masai, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. same or Masais)
1 a a pastoral people of mainly Hamitic stock living in Kenya and Tanzania. b a member of this people.
2 the Nilotic language of the Masai.
--adj. of or relating to the Masai or their language.
--n. (pl. same or Masais)
1 a a pastoral people of mainly Hamitic stock living in Kenya and Tanzania. b a member of this people.
2 the Nilotic language of the Masai.
--adj. of or relating to the Masai or their language.
Etymology
Bantu
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