Amatembu

English

Noun

Amatembu pl (plural only)

1. Synonym of Thembu
   • 1836, Robert Godlonton, Introductory Remarks to a Narrative of the Irruption of the Kafir Hordes Into the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope, A.D. 1834-35, Meurant and Godlonton, page 211:

     [A]s, for instance, at the present day we find the Amakosa and Amatembu branches perfectly distinct from that of the Mambookie.

   • 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) […]