mambookie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of Mpondo (“a Bantu people group indigenous to South Africa or a member of it”).
Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "Adjoining this nation, towards the north, there is, according to them, a still more warlike and intrepid people, whom they call Mambukis."
- "[A]s, for instance, at the present day we find the Amakosa and Amatembu branches perfectly distinct from that of the Mambookie."
- "Between the Amatembu and Port Natal lie the Amaponda, or Mambuki (Mambookies)[…]"
- "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."
- "The reader, by referring to the map, will perceive that the great range of mountains […] is continued through what is called the Mambookie country, and that of the tribes beyond, as far as the vicinity of Delagoa bay."
- "He is not a Caffe, but a Mambookie chief, residing about one hundred and twenty miles from Butterworth, in a direct line towards Port Natal."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: amaMbo, -ie, -