mainato
English
editNoun
editmainato (plural mainatos)
- (India, historical) A washerman or dhobi.
References
edit- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “mainato”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Macanese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Malayalam [script needed] (mannattan), most likely via Indo-Portuguese.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmainato
- 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
References
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Indian English
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- Macanese terms borrowed from Malayalam
- Macanese terms derived from Malayalam
- Macanese terms derived from Indo-Portuguese
- Macanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Macanese lemmas
- Macanese nouns
- Macanese terms with collocations
- mzs:Laundry
- mzs:People
- mzs:Occupations