Etymology

Mambookie

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Today it means: Synonym of Mpondo (“a Bantu people group indigenous to South Africa or a member of it”). Full definition →

Xhosa amaMbo ← Afrikaans -ie
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  1. Afrikaans · derived from-ie
  2. Xhosa · derived fromamaMbo
  3. English todayMambookie

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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