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mainato
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English
Noun
mainato (plural mainatos)
- (India, historical) A washerman or dhobi.
References
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “mainato”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Macanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Malayalam [script needed] (mannattan), most likely via Indo-Portuguese.
Pronunciation
Noun
mainato
- Chinese laundryman who takes washing in
- laundry (a place or room where laundering is done)
- levâ rópa-rópa pa mainato ― to take clothes to the laundry
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