amadumbin.

Brit. /aməˈdʊmbi/, U.S. /ˌɑməˈdʊmbi/, S. Afr. /ʌmʌˈdʊmbi/

Inflections: Plural amadumbies, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– amadoombi, 1800s– amadumbe, 1800s– amadumbi.

Etymology: < Zulu amadumbe < ama-, plural class prefix + dumbe taro tuber (singular idumbe, ilidumbe).

S. Afr.

= madumbi n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them

skirret-root1565

Spanish nut1597

oca1604

tuckahoe1612

sisyrinchium1629

sedge-root1648

arrowroot1681

breadroot1756

tannia1756

rush nut1783

wapato1796

cous1806

prairie turnip1811

prairie potato1828

native potato1833

murnong1836

Tartarian bread1836

biscuitroot1837

tobacco-root1845

amadumbi1851

chufa1860

yam-bean1864

parsnip chervil1866

tiger-nut1887

yautia1899

wasabi1903

1851 R. J. Garden Diary 30 June (Killie Campbell Africana Library MS29081) For dinner yesterday we had some amadumbe, a kind of succelent [sic], they require a great deal of boiling.

1899 G. Russell Hist. Old Durban 146 Cash..was scarce, consequently people in the country bartered..Pumpkins, Amadoombies (an edible potato-like root).

1925 D. Kidd Essent. Kafir 323 There is also a waxy sort of potato called amadumbe, which seems to be made of a specially tough kind of guttapercha, so fearfully solid and indigestible is it.

c1963 B. C. Tait Durban Story 66 A root of the potato family known as Amadoombies.

1990 L. Ngcobo And they didn't Die x. 149 The stream at the bottom of MaSibiya's garden had watered all kinds of food: tomatoes, cabbages, sweet potatoes, amadumbe.

2010 Sowetan (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 19 Oct. I come from a rural area where the expectations are that women stay at home and plant amadumbi.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2011).

单词	amadumbi
释义	amadumbin. Brit. /aməˈdʊmbi/, U.S. /ˌɑməˈdʊmbi/, S. Afr. /ʌmʌˈdʊmbi/ Inflections: Plural amadumbies, unchanged. Forms: 1800s– amadoombi, 1800s– amadumbe, 1800s– amadumbi. Etymology: < Zulu amadumbe < ama-, plural class prefix + dumbe taro tuber (singular idumbe, ilidumbe). S. Afr. = madumbi n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them skirret-root1565 Spanish nut1597 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 sisyrinchium1629 sedge-root1648 arrowroot1681 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 native potato1833 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 tobacco-root1845 amadumbi1851 chufa1860 yam-bean1864 parsnip chervil1866 tiger-nut1887 yautia1899 wasabi1903 1851 R. J. Garden Diary 30 June (Killie Campbell Africana Library MS29081) For dinner yesterday we had some amadumbe, a kind of succelent [sic], they require a great deal of boiling. 1899 G. Russell Hist. Old Durban 146 Cash..was scarce, consequently people in the country bartered..Pumpkins, Amadoombies (an edible potato-like root). 1925 D. Kidd Essent. Kafir 323 There is also a waxy sort of potato called amadumbe, which seems to be made of a specially tough kind of guttapercha, so fearfully solid and indigestible is it. c1963 B. C. Tait Durban Story 66 A root of the potato family known as Amadoombies. 1990 L. Ngcobo And they didn't Die x. 149 The stream at the bottom of MaSibiya's garden had watered all kinds of food: tomatoes, cabbages, sweet potatoes, amadumbe. 2010 Sowetan (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 19 Oct. I come from a rural area where the expectations are that women stay at home and plant amadumbi. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2011). < n.1851
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