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adj
Synonym of Mpondo (“of or relating to the people group”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, not-comparable, obsolete
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Synonyms: Mpondo
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of Mpondo (“a Bantu people group indigenous to South Africa or a member of it”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa, obsolete
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Synonyms: Mpondo
Antonyms: none provided
History
Uncertain. Probably from Xhosa amaMbo or Zulu amaMbo affixed with the Afrikaans -ie diminutive; compare Tambookie. Alternatively a Khoekhoe term. First attested in 1786.
