Malinke

[muh-ling-key, -kee]

Ma·lin·ke

[muh-ling-key, -kee]
noun, plural Ma·lin·kes, (especially collectively) Ma·lin·ke for 1.
1.
a member of an agricultural people living in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Ivory Coast.
2.
the Mande language of the Malinke people.
Also, Ma·lin·ka [muh-ling-key, -kee] .
Also called Mandingo, Mandinka.
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Malinke is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Malinke or Maninke (məˈlɪŋkɪ)
 
n , -ke, -kes
1.  a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in Guinea and Mali, noted for their use of cowry shells as currency
2.  the language of this people, belonging to the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family
 
Maninke or Maninke
 
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