Meanings
tambookie1
nountambookie (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of tambuki.
Tambookie2
nounTambookie (plural Tambookies)
plural Tambookies · alternative Tambookee · alternative Tambuki
- obsoleteThembu
This gentleman, in relating the causes of the invasion, states that the Caffres are divided into three great nations — the Amakosas, the Tambookies, and the Amapondas; […]
1837, The Asiatic Journal, page 181
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APA
tambookie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tambookie
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“tambookie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tambookie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tambookie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tambookie.
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