Masai

Ma·sai

 (mä-sī′, mä′sī)

n. pl. Masai or Ma·sais

1. A member of a chiefly pastoral people of Kenya and parts of Tanzania.

2. also Maa·sai The Nilotic language of this people.

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Ma·sai′ adj.

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Masai

(ˈmɑːsaɪ; mɑːˈsaɪ; ˈmæsaɪ)

npl -sais or -sai

1. (Peoples) a member of a Nilotic people, formerly noted as warriors, living chiefly in Kenya and Tanzania

2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Nilotic group of the Nilo-Saharan family

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Ma•sai

or Maa•sai

(məˈsaɪ, ˈmɑ saɪ)

n., pl. -sais, (esp. collectively) -sai.

1. a member of a traditionally pastoral African people of the upland steppes of S Kenya and NE Tanzania.

2. the Nilotic language of the Masai.

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Noun

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Masai - a Nilotic language Nilotic, Nilotic language - a group of languages of East Africa belonging to the Chari-Nile group

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