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[lonaka, a palace.] The name of a coloured cloth introduced by the Arabs [1.2]
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the name of a kind of cloth introduced by the Arabs. [1.2]
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cloth woven from raffia [1.7]
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a piece of cloth worn wrapped around
by women [1.7]
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the usual outer garment worn by the people. It is generally a piece of calico, from 4 to 5 yards long cut in two, and sewn together along the length. Also cloth in general. [It is interesting to note that in Borneo, Lamba is a yellow-flowered broad-leaved weed, from the strong fibre of which a kind cloth is made: and that the Swahili Arabs trading on the west coast in jiafotsy lamba have adopted the word as ramba] [1.2]
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woven cloth; clothing [1.7]
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a cloth worn around the waist [1.7]
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