jarife

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَّافَة (jarrāfa).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

jarife class V (plural majarife class VI)

  1. gillnet

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57 Nr. 465b
  • Wells, Sue; Makoloweka, Solomon; Samoilys, Melita (2007), Putting Adaptive Management into Practice: Collaborative Coastal Management in Tanga, Northern Tanzania‎[1], Nairobi: IUCN EARO Publications Service Unit, page 51: “The different types of gill net are defined principally by mesh size: […] Jarife (12-20cm), deployed at the surface […] Both jarife and sinia are hung loosely and catch fish through entanglement”
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