† Mambookien.adj.

Forms: 1700s Mambuki, 1800s Mambookie, 1800s Mambucki.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < an unattested South African Dutch first element based on Xhosa umuMbo or Zulu umuMbo a Pondo + South African Dutch -ie, diminutive suffix; compare also Tambouki n. and adj. In quot. 1786 at sense A. translating Swedish Mambuckis (plural) and in quot. 1812 at sense A. translating German Mambukki.

South African. Obsolete.

A. n.

A member of the Pondo people (see Pondo n.).Chiefly used collectively in plural.

ΚΠ

1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) II. 147 Adjoining to this nation, towards the north, there is..a still more warlike and intrepid people, whom they call Mambukis.

1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. 298 Proceeding along the coast, the next tribe to the Koossas is one which is called by many different names; that by which it is most generally known is the Gonaaquas, but by the colonists they are usually called Mambuckis.

1835 A. Steedman Wanderings I. 249 The Amapondo tribes, called Mambookies, whose territories extend from the Bashee to the River Umsikalia.

1860 W. Shaw Story of my Mission 315 The time might soon follow, when you would see on your lists Stations among the Tambookies, the Mambookies, and the various tribes of people between us and Delagoa Bay.

B. adj.

Of or belonging to the Pondo people.

ΚΠ

1836 R. Godlonton Introd. Remarks to Narr. of Irruption 210 The Tambookies, or Amatembu and the Amaponda, or Mambookie tribes are both branches, in a direct line, of what the colonists usually term the great Kafir family.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mambookie
释义	† Mambookien.adj. Forms: 1700s Mambuki, 1800s Mambookie, 1800s Mambucki. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < an unattested South African Dutch first element based on Xhosa umuMbo or Zulu umuMbo a Pondo + South African Dutch -ie, diminutive suffix; compare also Tambouki n. and adj. In quot. 1786 at sense A. translating Swedish Mambuckis (plural) and in quot. 1812 at sense A. translating German Mambukki. South African. Obsolete. A. n. A member of the Pondo people (see Pondo n.).Chiefly used collectively in plural. ΚΠ 1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) II. 147 Adjoining to this nation, towards the north, there is..a still more warlike and intrepid people, whom they call Mambukis. 1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. 298 Proceeding along the coast, the next tribe to the Koossas is one which is called by many different names; that by which it is most generally known is the Gonaaquas, but by the colonists they are usually called Mambuckis. 1835 A. Steedman Wanderings I. 249 The Amapondo tribes, called Mambookies, whose territories extend from the Bashee to the River Umsikalia. 1860 W. Shaw Story of my Mission 315 The time might soon follow, when you would see on your lists Stations among the Tambookies, the Mambookies, and the various tribes of people between us and Delagoa Bay. B. adj. Of or belonging to the Pondo people. ΚΠ 1836 R. Godlonton Introd. Remarks to Narr. of Irruption 210 The Tambookies, or Amatembu and the Amaponda, or Mambookie tribes are both branches, in a direct line, of what the colonists usually term the great Kafir family. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1786
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