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matoppie en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Tswana motlopibor. Afrikaans matoppiebor. English matoppie Borrowed from Afrikaans matoppie, borrowed from Tswana motlopi.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of motlopi.
    • 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. 1990, Pieter Pieterse, The Way to the Sea, page 104:
    • At Waterpoort in South Africa, a worker (left, below) chain-saws branches from a matoppie tree for fodder. 1984, National Geographic, volume 165, page 179:

Synonyms

motlopi