Hai cercato la traduzione di mtumbwi da Swahili a Inglese

hapo wale askari walizikata kamba zilizokuwa zimeshikilia ule mtumbwi, wakauacha uchukuliwe na maji.
then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.

wanamaji walitaka kutoroka, na walikwisha kuteremsha ule mtumbwi majini, wakijisingizia kwamba wanakwenda kuteremsha nanga upande wa mbele wa meli.
and as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

kisiwa kimoja kiitwacho kanda kilitukinga kidogo na ule upepo; na tulipopita kusini mwake tulifaulu, ingawa kwa shida, kuusalimisha ule mtumbwi wa meli.
and running under a certain island which is called clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

wale wanamaji waliuvuta mtumbwi ndani, kisha wakaizungushia meli kamba na kuifunga kwa nguvu. waliogopa kwamba wangeweza kukwama kwenye ufuko wa bahari, pwani ya libya. kwa hiyo walishusha matanga na kuiacha meli ikokotwe na upepo.
which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

utamaduni wa japani pia una mwiko mkali kuhusu kujadili au hata kuonesha kuwa kuna kiungo kinaitwa uke (ingawa metroplis tv yenye kidachi, mchapishaji wa kipande hiki kinachoelimisha hapa chini, haina tatizo na kutumia maneno kama "mtumbwi wa uke" kuelezea kayak za igarashi zenye sura ya uke):
japanese culture also has a strong taboo about discussing or even acknowledging vaginas (although holland-based metroplis tv, the publisher of the informative clip below, has no problem with using the term "pussy boat" to describe igarashi's vulva-shaped kayak):