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cloth   
gongoro cloth ~ the name of a kind of cloth introduced by the Arabs.
jiafotsy cloth ~ cloth woven from raffia
kitamby cloth ~ a piece of cloth worn wrapped around by women
lamba cloth (a) ~ 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] ~ woven cloth; clothing
anadonaka cloth (kind of coloured) ~ [lonaka, a palace.] The name of a coloured cloth introduced by the Arabs
sikina cloth ~ a cloth worn around the waist