Mambookie

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of Mpondo (“a Bantu people group indigenous to South Africa or a member of it”). South-Africa,obsolete
    — Adjoining this nation, towards the north, there is, according to them, a still more warlike and intrepid people, whom they call Mambukis.
形容词 adj.
  1. Synonym of Mpondo (“of or relating to the people group”). South-Africa,not-comparable,obsolete
    — The reader, by referring to the map, will perceive that the great range of mountains […] is continued through what is called the Mambookie country, and that of the tribes beyond, as far as the vicinity of Delagoa bay.

词形变化

Mambookies plural Mambookie plural Mambuki alternative Mambucki alternative Mambuki alternative Mambucki alternative

词源

词源 1
Uncertain. Probably from Xhosa amaMbo or Zulu amaMbo affixed with the Afrikaans -ie diminutive; compare Tambookie. Alternatively a Khoekhoe term. First attested in 1786.
词源 2
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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