mainato
English edit
Noun edit
mainato (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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Malayalam [script needed] (mannattan), most likely via Indo-Portuguese.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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