Wrestling totos

Persian (Farsi) translation: کشتیگیری با بچه‌ها

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English term or phrase:Wrestling totos
Persian (Farsi) translation:کشتیگیری با بچه‌ها
Entered by: marzie ataei

14:52 Dec 2, 2015
English to Persian (Farsi) translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / داستانی
English term or phrase: Wrestling totos
I looked down at the jagged worst of it poking
from beneath the frayed hem of my short trousers
—a long rippled wound that went halfway up my
thigh. It did look pretty rough. “Wrestling totos.”
“Totos or bushpigs?”
marzie ataei
Local time: 07:36
کشتیگیری با بچه‌ها
Explanation:
"toto" is Swahili for "baby" "child"
The story takes place in Kenya during the colonial period.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-12-02 19:40:39 GMT)
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http://www.maasaimara.com/entries/mara-toto-camp
for "toto" meaning
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5کشتیگیری با بچه‌ها
Edward Plaisance Jr
4گراز وحشی آفریقایی
farzane sp


  

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wrestling totos
گراز وحشی آفریقایی


Explanation:
www.digopaul.com/fa/english-word/bushpig.html

farzane sp
Iran
Local time: 07:36
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
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wrestling totos
کشتیگیری با بچه‌ها


Explanation:
"toto" is Swahili for "baby" "child"
The story takes place in Kenya during the colonial period.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-12-02 19:40:39 GMT)
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http://www.maasaimara.com/entries/mara-toto-camp
for "toto" meaning

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 00:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 113
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