Swahili
maritime terms of Malay origin
kambar ~ kambau ‘leatherback turtle, Dermochelys
coriacea’ (Malay)
ng’amba [=ŋamba] ‘hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata’ (Sw)
tuba >
akar tuba ‘root of Derris elliptica
used as fish poison’ (Malay)
utupa
‘fish poison’ (Sw) (check sources for botanical IDs)
tali ‘rope, cord, line’ (Malay)
utari ‘ship’s cable’ (Sw-Amu)
tarik ~ tarek ‘pull, haul, drag’ (Malay), tarika ‘pull’ (Malagasy)
taliki
‘rope used to lift cargo or foot of a sail’ (Sw-N dialects)
sampan
‘harbour boat; canoe’ (Malay,
Javanese),
sapha
‘raft, bundle of logs lashed together’ (Sw-Pemba), sapa (Sw-Jomvu) < *sampa
(earlier Sw)
sambaw
‘seagoing vessel’ (Old Malay)
sambo
‘ship’ (archaic) (Sw-?Amu [Nabhany])
Malay
Swahili