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Ovambo, n. and a.|ɒˈvæmbəʊ|
Also Ambo, Avamba, Ovampo.
[f. Bantu ova- pl. prefix + ambo man of leisure.]
A. n.
a. A member of a Bantu people living in the northern part of South-West Africa; this people collectively.
b. The language of the Ovambos.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Ovambos.
1853F. Galton Narr. Explorer Trop. S. Afr. vi. 179 The Ovampo were twenty-four in number with a tall enterprising-looking young man as captain. 1856C. J. Andersson Lake Ngami xiv. 163 At a considerable distance to the north, there lived a nation called Ovambo. 1864T. Baines Explor. S.-W. Afr. ii. 40 The Damaras..could not even make an assegai, but bought their weapons of the Ovampo. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 318/2 Many..of the Bantu-speaking southern races..[including] Ovambos of the south-west coast..are also variously affected by foreign elements. 1897J. Bryce Impressions S. Afr. v. 42 On the higher grounds and generally in the far northern parts [of German South West Africa], where the Ovampo tribe dwell, grass is abundant. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 736/2 The Ovambo or Ambo, in the northern part of the protectorate, are agriculturists. 1909Daily Chron. 28 July 4/4 Three and a-half days' work with a mere handful of Ovambo ‘boys’. 1911J. G. Frazer Golden Bough: Magic Art (ed. 3) I. iii. 63 The Ovambo of South-western Africa believe that some people have the power of bewitching an absent person by gazing into a vessel full of water till his image appears to them in the water. 1953L. G. Green Lords of Last Frontier ii. 18 Battels deserted and lived for sixteen months among the Ovambos. Ibid. xvi. 235 Finnish missionaries learn Ovambo before they leave Finland. 1959Chambers's Encycl. X. 277/2 The Ovambo people are the largest community of South⁓west Africa. 1967Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 20 Apr. 18/6 It was interesting to find the tall, slim, gentle houseboy employed by my host and hostess was an Ovambo. 1973Daily Tel. 21 Nov. 4/6 They were familiar with Ovambo tribal customs. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia I. 295/3 Ambo, also known as Ovambo or Avamba, people located in the dry glassland country of northern South West Africa and southern Angola... They speak a language of the Bantu group. 1974Times 14 Oct. 7/2 Oshakati, the Ovambo capital near the Angolan border. |