Tembun.adj.

/ˈtɛmbuː/

Forms: 1800s Tymba, 1800s– Tembu; Thembu.

Etymology: Xhosa.

A. n.

A member of a Xhosa-speaking people of the south-eastern part of South Africa; also, this people collectively.

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Zimba1625

Tambouki1786

Hottentot1795

Morolong1815

Oorlam1815

Barolong1823

Tembu1827

Fingo1829

Ngwaketsea1832

Ovaherero1851

Lunda1857

Herero1862

Swazi1878

Magwamba1884

Khoisan1929

Rolong1937

1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. i. xvii. 196 A Tambookie Caffer is termed Tymba or Tembu, while the tribe collectively is called Amatymbae.

1874 Cape Monthly Mag. IX. 207 He then dilated upon the enormities of Gangelizwe, the Tambookie Chief, and the ability of the present Resident amongst the Tembus.

1912 Whiteside & Ayliff Hist. Abambo i. 4 Madikana and his people, at a certain time, were feasting, when they were attacked by a combined force of the Tembus and Xosas.

B. adj.

Of, pertaining to, or designating this people. Cf. Tambouki n. and adj.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [adjective] > other peoples of Southern Africa

Siddi1737

Kaffir1763

Barolong1802

Setswana1811

Tambouki1827

Motswana1835

Swazi1872

Lunda1879

Tswana1891

Tembu1927

Rolong1935

Batswana1953

1927 C. G. Botha in Wreck of Grosvenor (Van Riebeeck Soc.) p. iv The expedition was obliged to turn back owing to the hostile attitude of the Tembu tribe of natives.

1941 C. W. de Kiewiet Hist. S. Afr. 73 It was densest in Kafirland, where dwelt the Ama-Xosa, the Tembu, the Pondo, the Xesibe, and the Ama-Baca.

1961 Guardian 27 May 6/3 Mr Mandela is..the son of a Tembu chief.

1967 J. A. Broster Red Blanket Valley 4 Remember, the Thembu, one of the chief tribes of the Transkei, were never conquered: they asked the European traders to settle.

1971 Daily Dispatch (East London, S. Afr.) 11 May 2 We have to honour and respect our national leaders such as Faku of the Pondos and Ngubengcuka of the Tembus.

1974 J. Flint Cecil Rhodes (1976) ix. 205 The foundations [of peace] were laid by an African..a Tembu man fluent in English and Ndebele.

1976 Times 4 Nov. 17/4 Chief Matanzima..is a Thembu leader.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tembu
释义	Tembun.adj. /ˈtɛmbuː/ Forms: 1800s Tymba, 1800s– Tembu; Thembu. Etymology: Xhosa. A. n. A member of a Xhosa-speaking people of the south-eastern part of South Africa; also, this people collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > other peoples of Southern Africa Zimba1625 Tambouki1786 Hottentot1795 Morolong1815 Oorlam1815 Barolong1823 Tembu1827 Fingo1829 Ngwaketsea1832 Ovaherero1851 Lunda1857 Herero1862 Swazi1878 Magwamba1884 Khoisan1929 Rolong1937 1827 G. Thompson Trav. S. Afr. i. xvii. 196 A Tambookie Caffer is termed Tymba or Tembu, while the tribe collectively is called Amatymbae. 1874 Cape Monthly Mag. IX. 207 He then dilated upon the enormities of Gangelizwe, the Tambookie Chief, and the ability of the present Resident amongst the Tembus. 1912 Whiteside & Ayliff Hist. Abambo i. 4 Madikana and his people, at a certain time, were feasting, when they were attacked by a combined force of the Tembus and Xosas. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating this people. Cf. Tambouki n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [adjective] > other peoples of Southern Africa Siddi1737 Kaffir1763 Barolong1802 Setswana1811 Tambouki1827 Motswana1835 Swazi1872 Lunda1879 Tswana1891 Tembu1927 Rolong1935 Batswana1953 1927 C. G. Botha in Wreck of Grosvenor (Van Riebeeck Soc.) p. iv The expedition was obliged to turn back owing to the hostile attitude of the Tembu tribe of natives. 1941 C. W. de Kiewiet Hist. S. Afr. 73 It was densest in Kafirland, where dwelt the Ama-Xosa, the Tembu, the Pondo, the Xesibe, and the Ama-Baca. 1961 Guardian 27 May 6/3 Mr Mandela is..the son of a Tembu chief. 1967 J. A. Broster Red Blanket Valley 4 Remember, the Thembu, one of the chief tribes of the Transkei, were never conquered: they asked the European traders to settle. 1971 Daily Dispatch (East London, S. Afr.) 11 May 2 We have to honour and respect our national leaders such as Faku of the Pondos and Ngubengcuka of the Tembus. 1974 J. Flint Cecil Rhodes (1976) ix. 205 The foundations [of peace] were laid by an African..a Tembu man fluent in English and Ndebele. 1976 Times 4 Nov. 17/4 Chief Matanzima..is a Thembu leader. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1827
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