for+thatching

n. bundle of woven straw for thatching, supervisor of a tenant farm, water chestnut

a whole palm-leaf (used for thatching, etc.)

['dam bu]

reed for thatching or writing, sugar cane

f. bark used for thatching (see næfr), Eg. 238.

(gen. -is), m. willow (sjá dalr er mjök víði vaxinn).

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m. [A. S. wiðig; Engl. withy; cp. Lat. vitis], a willow, Edda (Gl.); þat er vex á víði, Pr. 474: in Icel. esp. willow-scrub, dwarf-willow, salix repens, fjalla-grávíðir = salix alpina glauca; bein-víðir, q. v.; loð-víðir or kotuns-víðir, the cotton-willow; haga-grávíðir, salix repens, Eggert Itin. ch. 267; used for thatching (cp. taug-reptr, Hm.), but esp. as fodder; many local names are derived from this plant: Víði-dalr, -nes, -hjalli, -ker (see kjarr), -skógr, Landn., Fs., map of Icel.: Víð-dælir, men from Víðidalr (whence the family name Vidalin, descended from Arngrim lærdi).

COMPDS: víðdælskr, víðihæll, víðirif.

(yrki, orta, ortr), v.

1) to work, esp. to fill, cultivate (y. jörðina, landit);

2) to make verses (y. kvæði, drápu, lof, níð, háðung um e-n); absol., hann var kærr konungi ok orti vel, he was beloved by the king, and a good poet;

3) y. á e-t, to set about; en er þeir fundust, ortu bœndr þegar á til bardaga, the peasants at once set upon them; Eiríkr jarl orti ekki á at berjast við Erling, Eirik made no attempt to fight Erling; y. á e-n, to work upon; hvárki eldr né járn orti á þá, neither fire nor iron did them any harm; y. orða á e-n, to address one, speak to one (hann svaraði stirt ok strítt, þá er menn ortu orða á hann);

4) refl., yrkist í um e-t, it begins; (gerist nú svá sem dœmi finnast til, at á ortist um mannfallit); recipr. to attack one another (síðan fylktu þeir liði sínu ok ortust á ok börðust); þeir ortust á vísur, they competed in verse-making.

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ð and t, pret. orti, part. yrt and ort; [A. S. wyrcan, wrohte; Engl. work, wrought; Goth. waurkjan; O. H. G. wurchian; the initial w being dropped, see orka]:—to work, but chiefly used in a special sense to till, cultivate; enn sá maðr er engit á, hann skal þat láta fyrst yrkja … en ef hann yrkir eigi svá engit, … ok vili hann þó yrt hafa, Grág. ii. 280; ok svá þeir er á mörkina ortu, Eg. 14; ok Drottinn Guð tók manninn og setti hann í þann aldin-garð Eden, að hann skyldi yrkja hann og varðveita, Gen. ii. 15; at hann geti ortar vel engjar fyrir þær sakir, Grág. ii. 335; yrkja jörðina eðr vinna, Stj. 29; yrkja holt né haga, N. G. L. i. 249; yrkja ræfrar ok börku til húsa-þaks, to work (i. e. to scrape) bark for thatching, 242.

II. to make verses (cp. Gr. ποιητής; Old Engl. maker = poet); hvárki á maðr at yrkja um mann lof né löst… ef maðr yrkir tvau orð enn annarr önnur tvau, ok ráða þeir báðir samt um, ok varðar skóggang hvárum-tveggja, … yrkja níð eðr háðung um e-n, Grág. ii. 147–149; síðan orti Ölver mörg mansöngs-kvæði, Eg. 5; at þú vakir í nott ok yrkir lofkvæði um Eirík konung, … hann orti drápu tvítuga, … yrkja lof um e-n, þá orti Egill alla drápuna, ok hafði fest svá at hann mátti kveða um morguninn, 419; þessi vísa er góð ok vel ort, ok skaltú yrkja aðra vísu, … þessi vísa var ílla ort ok skal ek kveða aðra betri, Fms. vi. 362, 416; hann var kærr konungi ok orti vel, he was a good poet, and wrought well, Orkn. 146, Fms. vii. 111; konungr mælti, ertú skáldit?—Hann svarar, kann ek at yrkja, ii. 39; hann tók at yrkja þegar er hann var ungr, ok var maðr námgjarn, Eg. 685; yrkja kann ek vánu verr, Mkv.; hann er svá orðhagr at hann mun yrkja saman rár-endana, Fbr. 82 new Ed.; and so in countless instances old and mod.

2. generally, to make, compose; þessi rit era ort af afli ástar. Hom. 1; Guðs Sonr í þeirri bæn er hann sjálfr orti (the Lord’s Prayer), 655 i. 2.

III. spec. usages; hvárki eldr né járn orti á þá neither fire nor iron worked on them, wrought their hurt, Hkr. i. 11; en er þeir fundusk, ortu bændr þegar á til bardaga, the ‘bonders’ (peasants) at once set upon them, Ó. H. 110; Eríkr jarl orti því ekki á at berjask við Erling, at hann var frændstórr ok frændmargr, vinsæll ok ríkr, earl E. made no attempt to fight Erling because …, 27; yrki (imperat.) á at Kyndilmessu, ok hafi öll átt at Miðfóstu, begin at Candlemass and have all done at Mid-Lent, Gþl. 106: en ef þá skill á, hverr þeir sem fyrr orti á, began, caused to dispute, 455; hann svaraði stirt ok strítt, þá er menn ortu orða á hann, when people spoke to him, Ó. H. 69; en ræðu konungs svöruðu menn er hann orti orða á whom he addressed, 178; hann var hljljóðr ok fáskiptinn en þó kátr við menn þá er orða ortu á hann, Fms. vi. 109; hann svaraði fám orðum þótt orða værri yrt á hann (þó at orða yrti á hann, v. l.), vii. 227; yrkti (sic) þá ok únáðaði kynsmenn Sem, harangued and vexed them, Stj. 65.

IV. reflex. to take effect; þá tók at falla lið Erlings, ok þegar er á ortisk ok uppganga var greidd, viz. when the day was about decided, Ó. H. 183; hversu sem at [á?] ortisk, however it so went, Fas. ii. 482; þar er svá, er at ort, when that reserve is made, Grág. i. 494.

2. recipr., síðan fylktu þeir liði sínn, ok ortusk á þegar, ok börðusk, attacked one another and came to blows, Hom. 112: þeir ortusk á vísur, exchanged, capped verses, Lv. 24; sættusk þeir at kalla ok var þó at engu haldit, ok ortusk þeir um siðan, they capped verses (satirical) about it, Sturl. i. 150.

f. pl. bark used for thatching, N. G. L. ii. 138.

f. pl. bark used for thatching.

[English Word] poles used for thatching roof

[Swahili Word] ndakaka

[Swahili Plural] ndakaka

[Part of Speech] noun

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pānĭcŭla (also pānŭcŭla, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; and contr. pānŭcla, Non. 149, 22), ae, f.; also pānĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [panus], a tuft, a panicle on plants.

Lit.: tu legiones difflavisti spiritu, quasi ventus folia aut paniculum tectorium, a tuft of thatch, i. e. of reeds used for thatching, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 17; cf. id. Rud. 1, 2, 34; Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49:

Graecula rosa convolutis foliorum paniculis,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18:

panicum a paniculis dictum,

id. 18, 7, 9, § 53.—

Transf., a swelling, tumor, Scrib. Comp. 82; App. Herb. 13.

pānĭcŭla (also pānŭcŭla, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; and contr. pānŭcla, Non. 149, 22), ae, f.; also pānĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [panus], a tuft, a panicle on plants.

Lit.: tu legiones difflavisti spiritu, quasi ventus folia aut paniculum tectorium, a tuft of thatch, i. e. of reeds used for thatching, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 17; cf. id. Rud. 1, 2, 34; Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49:

Graecula rosa convolutis foliorum paniculis,

id. 21, 4, 10, § 18:

panicum a paniculis dictum,

id. 18, 7, 9, § 53.—

Transf., a swelling, tumor, Scrib. Comp. 82; App. Herb. 13.

ὄροφ-ος, ὁ, ([etym.] ἐρέφω)

A reed used for thatching houses, described as λαχνήεις, Il.24.451 : distd. fr. κάλαμος, etc., Arist.Fr. 268.

II = ὀροφή, roof, Orac. ap. Hdt.7.140, A.Supp. 650 (lyr.), Ar.Lys. 229, Th. 1.134, Pl.R. 417a, etc.: pl., ὀρόφους Φοίβου, i.e. his temple, E. Ion89 (anap.).

2 cover of a wagon, Paus.1.19.1.

English Definition: (noun) nipa palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching roof

Also known as wonga and broadleaf cumbungi in Australia

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NZ Bullrush

It has thick wide leaves with cylindrical flower heads. Widely used by Maori for thatching and cooking (rhizomes).

lace, thread, string (shoes, etc.) 2 fasten or secure with rattan (for thatching). 3 composed, draft.

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[English Word] braided coconut leaf used for fencing

[Swahili Word] kumba

[Swahili Plural] kumba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] break open a coconut

[Swahili Word] -fua nazi

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] central rib or stem of coconut leaf or similar.

[Swahili Word] upongoo

[Swahili Plural] pongoo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/10

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[English Word] central stem of the coconut palm leaf

[Swahili Word] ujukuti

[Swahili Plural] njukuti

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] central vein of the coconut palm leaf

[Swahili Word] unjukuti

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut palm leaf

[Swahili Word] uchukuti

[Swahili Plural] chukuti

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] central vein or stem of the coconut-palm leaf

[Swahili Word] chukuti

[Swahili Plural] chukuti

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] coconut

[English Plural] coconuts

[Swahili Word] nazi

[Swahili Plural] nazi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[English Example] A bad coconut destroys the good one.

[Swahili Example] nazi mbovu harabu ya nzima

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[English Word] coconut (almost ripe)

[English Plural] coconuts

[Swahili Word] kikoromeo

[Swahili Plural] vikoromeo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] koroma

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[English Word] coconut (almost ripe)

[Swahili Word] koroma

[Swahili Plural] makoroma

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] coconut (grated) ??

[Swahili Word] chicha

[Swahili Plural] machicha

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] coconut (in the first stages of growth)

[English Plural] coconuts

[Swahili Word] kidaka

[Swahili Plural] vidaka

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

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[English Word] coconut (unripe with much milk)

[English Plural] coconuts

[Swahili Word] dafu

[Swahili Plural] madafu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[English Example] coconut milk

[Swahili Example] maji ya dafu [Rec]

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[English Word] coconut (when full of milk and in late stage)

[Swahili Word] tonga

[Swahili Plural] matonga

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] coconut cream

[Swahili Word] kasimile

[Swahili Plural] kasimile

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] coconut disease

[Swahili Word] mkwachuro

[Swahili Plural] mikwachuro

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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[English Word] coconut husk

[English Plural] coconut husks

[Swahili Word] kifuu

[Swahili Plural] vifuu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Related Words] fuu

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[English Word] coconut juice

[Swahili Word] tuwi

[Swahili Plural] tuwi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] coconut leaf (used for roof thatching and fences)

[English Plural] coconut leaves

[Swahili Word] kuti

[Swahili Plural] makuti

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Related Words] ukuti

[English Example] the coconut leaves on the roof gleam

[Swahili Example] makuti juu ya paa yaking'aa [Ya]

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[English Word] coconut meat residue

[Swahili Word] takizi

[Swahili Plural] takizi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Word] taki N, zake pron

[Terminology] poetic

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[English Word] coconut milk (from grating nutty part)

[Swahili Word] tui

[Swahili Plural] tui

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] coconut mixed in a mortar

[Swahili Word] kipondwe

[Swahili Plural] vipondwe

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Word] ponda V

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[English Word] coconut palm

[English Plural] coconut palms

[Taxonomy] Cocos nucifera

[Swahili Word] mnazi

[Swahili Plural] minazi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

[Related Words] nazi

[Terminology] botany

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[English Word] coconut palm (Cocos mucifera)

[Swahili Word] mkitamli

[Swahili Plural] mikitamli

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] kitamli

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[English Word] coconut solids (after boiling to produce oil)

[Swahili Word] shata

[Swahili Plural] mashata

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[English Example] (s)he squeezed (milked) the coconut solids to produce oil

[Swahili Example] Alikamua shata la nazi kupata mafuta

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[English Word] coconut that has dried up inside

[English Plural] dried up coconuts

[Swahili Word] kiziwi

[Swahili Plural] viziwi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Word] ziwi, ukiziwi N

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[English Word] cocunut-palm branch

[Swahili Word] kole

[Swahili Plural] makole

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] mkole N

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[English Word] cream squeezed from coconut

[Swahili Word] tuwi

[Swahili Plural] tuwi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] disease of coconuts

[Swahili Word] mkwachuro

[Swahili Plural] mikwachuro

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] early stage in the growth of the coconut when the meat is still quite soft or the meat itself at this stage.

[Swahili Word] ulambilambi

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] early stage in the growth of the coconut when the meat is still quite soft.

[Swahili Word] urambirambi

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] empty coconut

[Swahili Word] bunde

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] fiber (of young coconut leaves)

[English Plural] fibers

[Swahili Word] difu

[Swahili Plural] madifu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Derived Language] Arabic

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[English Word] fiber from inner skin of coconut leaf stalk

[Swahili Word] ununu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11

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[English Word] flesh of a grated ripe coconut after the oil has been pressed out

[Swahili Word] chicha

[Swahili Plural] chicha

[Part of Speech] noun

[Swahili Definition] kitu cheupe kinachobaki katika nazi iliyokunwa na kukamuliwa [Masomo 407]

[English Example] to sell what remains after grating and squeezing the liquid out of the flesh of a coconut

[Swahili Example] kuuza chicha za nazi [Amana, Masomo 407]

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[English Word] fully ripe coconut

[Swahili Word] mbata

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] hard inner shell of a coconut

[Swahili Word] ufuu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Note] rare

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[English Word] joya (coconut with spongy shell)

[Swahili Word] joya

[Swahili Plural] majoya

[Part of Speech] noun

[Swahili Example] kama joya

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[English Word] juice squeezed from coconut

[Swahili Word] tui

[Swahili Plural] tui

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] leaf-stem of the coconut palm

[Swahili Word] gubi

[Swahili Plural] magubi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] leathery sheath of coconut flower-stem

[Swahili Word] kalala

[Swahili Plural] makalala

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] male flowers of the coconut palm

[Swahili Word] upunga

[Swahili Plural] punga

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] one who makes a business of climbing coconut trees to pick nuts

[Swahili Word] mkwezi

[Swahili Plural] wakwezi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Derived Word] kwea V

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[English Word] pointed stake fixed in ground for dehusking coconuts

[English Plural] pointed stakes

[Swahili Word] kifuo

[Swahili Plural] vifuo

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] -fua

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[English Word] processed fibres of the coconut husk

[Swahili Word] usumba

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11

[Swahili Example] kuangusha kichwa chake juu ya mto wa usumba [Sul]

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[English Word] remove the husk from a coconut

[Swahili Word] -fua nazi

[Part of Speech] verb

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[English Word] residue of coconut left after the white part has been scraped out of the shell

[Swahili Word] panza

[Swahili Plural] panza

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

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[English Word] round basket for squeezing coconut for tui

[English Plural] round baskets

[Swahili Word] kifumbu

[Swahili Plural] vifumbu

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Related Words] tui, fumba, kifumba

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[English Word] single frond of a coconut-palm leaf

[English Plural] fronds

[Swahili Word] ukuti

[Swahili Plural] kuti

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/10

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[English Word] small coconut palm leaf

[English Plural] small coconut palm leaves

[Swahili Word] kikuti

[Swahili Plural] vikuti

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 7/8

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] kuti

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[English Word] spongy substance (inside coconut shell)

[Swahili Word] joya

[Swahili Plural] majoya

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] strip of coconut-palm leaf (used for weaving mats)

[English Plural] strips of coconut-palm leaves

[Swahili Word] ukili

[Swahili Plural] kili

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/10

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[English Word] very young coconut bud

[Swahili Word] kokochi

[Swahili Plural] kokochi

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Swahili Example] alipofumbua kokochi za kifua [Moh]

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[English Word] woody covering of the flower-stem of the coconut (used as firewood)

[Swahili Word] kalala

[Swahili Plural] makalala

[Part of Speech] noun

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[English Word] young coconut in the stage of milk-formation

[Swahili Word] tale

[Swahili Plural] matale

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

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[English Word] young coconut palm

[English Plural] palms

[Swahili Word] mnazi mkinda

[Swahili Plural] minazi mikinda

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

[Related Words] nazi

[Terminology] botany

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[English Word] young coconut palm

[English Plural] young coconut palms

[Swahili Word] mnazi mkinda

[Swahili Plural] minazi mikinda

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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hărundo (better than ărundo, Bramb. s. v.; Wagn. Orthog. Verg. p. 441; Rib. Prol. Verg. p. 422, though the latter is freq. in MSS. and edd.; v. infra), ĭnis, f. [etym. dub.; perh. from root ar-, to set in motion; Sanscr. aras, swift; aranjas, a wood, as that which grows; cf.: ulmus, ulva, alnus, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 530 sq.].

Prop., the reed, cane (taller than canna; cf.

also: culmus, calamus, stipula),

Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156 sqq.:

intus medullam sabuci (habent)... inanitatem harundines,

id. 13, 22, 42, § 122:

longa parvae sub arundine cannae,

Ov. M. 8, 337:

fluvialis,

Verg. G. 2, 414;

used for covering or thatching huts and houses,

Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 156; Vitr. 2, 1, 3;

esp. in encampments: casae ex harundinibus textae,

Liv. 35, 27, 3 Weissenb.:

teneris harundinum radicibus contusis equos alere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 3.—Prov.:

arundo vento agitata,

Vulg. Matt. 11, 7; Luc. 7, 24:

arundinem quassatam non confringet,

ib. Matt. 12, 20. —

Meton. of any thing made of reed or cane.

A fishing-rod:

hisce hami atque haec harundines sunt nobis quaestu,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 5:

haec laqueo volucres, hacc captat arundine pisces,

Tib. 2, 6, 23 Müll.:

hos aliquis tremula, dum captat arundine pisces, vidit,

Ov. M. 8, 217 Merk.; 13, 293; 14, 651.—

Limed twigs for catching birds:

parati aucupes cum harundinibus fuerunt,

Petr. 40, 6:

volucres, quas textis harundinibus peritus artifex tetigit,

id. 109, 7:

cantu fallitur ales, callida dum tacita crescit harundo manu,

Mart. 14, 218, 2 Schneidewin:

aut (si) crescente levis traheretur arundine praeda,

id. 9, 54, 3 id.:

ut qui viscatos populatur arundine lucos,

Sil. 7, 674:

harundine sumptā Faunus plumoso sum deus aucupio,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 33.—

A wreath or crown made of reeds;

as the head of Priapus: ast inportunas volucres in vertice harundo terret fixa,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 6 B. and K.;

v. Orell. ad loc.—Esp. worn by river deities: (Tiberini) crines umbrosa tegebat harundo,

Verg. A. 8, 34 Rib.;

of the river Calydonius: inornatos redimitus arundine crines,

Ov. M. 9, 3:

subita cur pulcher arundine crines velat Hylas,

Val. Fl. 1, 218:

(Glaucus) caputque redimitus arundine,

Vell. Pat. 2, 83;

and of the Tiber: et arundinis altae concolor in viridi fluitabat silva capillo,

Sid. Paneg. Anthem. 333:

velatus harundine glauca Mincius,

Verg. A. 10, 205 Rib.—

The shaft of an arrow:

quod fugat obtusum est, et habet sub arundine plumbum,

Ov. M. 1, 471:

pennaque citatior ibat quae redit in pugnas fugientis arundine Parthi,

Sil. 10, 12; Cels. 7, 5, 2.—Hence (pars pro toto), an arrow:

inque cor hamata percussit arundine Ditem,

Ov. M. 5, 384; 8, 382; 10, 526;

11, 325: haeret lateri letalis harundo,

Verg. A. 4, 73 Rib. (Forbig. and Conington, arundo); id. ib. 7, 499.—

A pen:

neve notet lusus tristis harundo tuos,

Mart. 1, 3, 10:

inque manus chartae, nodosaque venit harundo,

Pers. 3, 11. The best came from Cnidus:

Cnidia,

Aus. Ep. 7, 49; and:

Acidalia,

Mart. 9, 14, 3.—

A reed pipe, shepherd's pipe, Pan-pipes, = surinx (an instrument made of several reeds, fastened together with wax, each successive reed somewhat shorter than the preceding):

junctisque canendo vincere arundinibus servantia lumina temptat,

Ov. M. 1, 684; cf. id. ib. 1, 707 sq.;

11, 154: agrestem tenui meditabor harundine Musam,

Verg. E. 6, 8; cf.:

compacta solitum modulatur harundine carmen,

id. Cul. 100:

nec crepuit fissa me propter harundine custos,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 25.—

A flute (made of the kalamos aulêtikos, Theophr. 4, 12):

Satyri reminiscitur alter, quem Tritoniaca Latoüs arundine victum affecit poena,

Ov. M. 6, 384.—

A comb made of reed, which brought the threads of the web into their place:

stamen secernit arundo,

Ov. M. 6, 55.—

A reed for brushing down cobwebs:

ecferte huc scopas semulque harundinem,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23.—

A kind of transverse bar along which vines were trained:

jugorum genera fere quatuor,... harundo, ut in Arpino,

Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2.—

A rod (for beating, punishing):

ac me iterum in cellam perduxit, et harundinem ab ostio rapuit iterumque mulcavit,

Petr. 134.—

Splints for holding together injured parts of the body, Suet. Aug. 80.—

A measuring-rod, Prud. Psych. 826.—

A hobbyhorse, cane-horse, as a child's plaything:

equitare in harundine longa,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 248; cf.:

non erubuit (Socrates) cum, interposita arundine cruribus suis, cum parvulis filiolis ludens, ab Alcibiade risus est,

Val. Max. 8, 8 ext. 1.

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[Swahili Word] kuti

[Swahili Plural] makuti

[English Word] coconut leaf (used for roof thatching and fences)

[English Plural] coconut leaves

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 5/6

[Related Words] ukuti

[Swahili Example] makuti juu ya paa yaking'aa [Ya]

[English Example] the coconut leaves on the roof gleam

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