Mambookie.
Synonym of Mpondo (“a Bantu people group indigenous to South Africa or a member of it”).
Meaning & usage
Synonym of Mpondo (“a Bantu people group indigenous to South Africa or a member of it”).
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Probably from Xhosa amaMbo or Zulu amaMbo affixed with the Afrikaans -ie diminutive; compare Tambookie. Alternatively a Khoekhoe term. First attested in 1786.
Synonym of Mpondo (“of or relating to the people group”).
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Probably from Xhosa amaMbo or Zulu amaMbo affixed with the Afrikaans -ie diminutive; compare Tambookie. Alternatively a Khoekhoe term. First attested in 1786.
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