matoppie
English edit
Etymology edit
From Afrikaans matoppie, from Tswana motlopi.
Noun edit
matoppie
- Synonym of motlopi
- 1984, National Geographic, volume 165, page 179:
- At Waterpoort in South Africa, a worker (left, below) chain-saws branches from a matoppie tree for fodder.
- 1990, Pieter Pieterse, The Way to the Sea, page 104:
- Willem snatched a bundle wrapped in a cloth that he'd hung on a branch of a matoppie tree and threw it on the ground.
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
matoppie (plural matoppies)
- motlopi tree
- Synonyms: witgat, witgatboom
Descendants edit
- → English: matoppie