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Title: | They're not just 'samaki': towards an understanding of fisher vocabulary on the Kenya coast |
Author: | Glaesel, Heidi |
Year: | 1997 |
Periodical: | Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere: Schriftenreihe des Kölner Instituts für Afrikanistik |
Issue: | 51 |
Pages: | 165-179 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | marine fisheries Swahili language dictionaries (form) |
Abstract: | This article is a compilation of Swahili terms the author learned while undertaking fieldwork among fishers on the Kenya coast. The vast majority of the terms are comprehensible to fishers in the Mombasa to Mtwapa area. The first section describes fishing gear, bait, and other items related to fish capture. The second section includes words related to dugout canoes, their maintenance, and construction. The third section lists commonly caught fish and other near shore, lagoon-dwelling organisms. Bibliogr. |