Mambuki

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English

Noun

Mambuki (plural Mambukis or Mambuki)

  1. Alternative form of Mambookie
    • 1786, Anders Sparrman, translated by Georg Foster, A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, 2 edition, volume 2, page 147:
      Adjoining this nation, towards the north, there is, according to them, a still more warlike and intrepid people, whom they call Mambukis.
    • 1851, Robert Gordon Latham, editor, The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies, →ISBN, page 76:
      Between the Amatembu and Port Natal lie the Amaponda, or Mambuki (Mambookies) []

Adjective

Mambuki (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of Mambookie