tumbawe

Swahili

Noun

tumbawe (ma class, plural matumbawe)

1. coral
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], stanza 13:

     هُنُ اُلِمِغُ بَحَرِ تِيْسِ ، اُنَ مَتُبَوِ نَمَغِ مَاسِ،

     Hunu ulimwengu baḥari tesi, una matumbawe na-mangi masi,

     This world is a troubled sea, it has corals and much wickedness;