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matoppie

matoppie noun: synonym of motlopi.

Noun

matoppie

  1. Synonym of motlopi.
    • 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
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    motlopi

Synonyms of matoppie

Origin of matoppie

Borrowed from Afrikaans matoppie, borrowed from Tswana motlopi.

Questions about matoppie

What does matoppie mean?
Matoppie means synonym of motlopi.
What part of speech is matoppie?
Matoppie is a noun.

Words near matoppie in the dictionary

  1. matoniaceous
  2. Matons
  3. matooka
  4. matooke
  5. matoor
  6. matoppie
  7. Mator
  8. matorral
  9. matorrals
  10. Matos
  11. Matoses

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