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Galimoto

A galimoto -- a toy car made from wire. The word "galimoto" is in Chichewa, the national language of Malawi. In Chichewa the sounds r and l, and c and g are often interchanged and every syllable ends in a vowel. The word “galimoto” probably came from the English word “motor car,” with the words in reverse order and with a Chichewa pronunciation.

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