mambookieEtymologyUncertain. Probably from Xhosa amaMbo or Zulu amaMbo affixed with the Afrikaans -ie diminutive; compare Tambookie. Alternatively a Khoekhoe term. First attested in 1786.mambookie means Synonym of Mpondo (“of or relating to the people group”). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.adjSynonym of Mpondo (“of or relating to the people group”).“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.”nounSynonym of Mpondo (“a Bantu people group indigenous to South Africa or a member of it”).“Adjoining this nation, towards the north, there is, according to them, a still more warlike and intrepid people, whom they call Mambukis.”