Meanings
nounmokoro (plural mokoros or mekoro)
plural mokoros · plural mekoro
- A dugout canoe, especially as used in the Okavango Swamps of Botswana.
Several companies offer trips by mokoro, lasting from one to three days, although almost all these trips are run by the same community trust.
2007, Chris McIntyre, Botswana, Bradt Travel Guides, page 1651 more example
The mokoro owner I hired happily piled us all into a single, rather small craft and we set off over a flooded meadow, covered with barely half a metre of water.
1987, Michael Main, Kalahari, page 74
Origin
- Tswanamokôrô
- Englishmokoro
Borrowed from Tswana mokôrô.
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