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tambookie (iou)



tambookie noun & adjective. [tam'bu:ki] Also tambouki & other vars. L18.
[Afrikaans tamboekie, formed as TEMBU + -kie dim. suffix.]
A. noun. (Tambookie.) = TEMBU noun. L18-E20.
b. adjective.
(Tambookie.) = TEMBU adjective. Only in 19.
tambookie grass, any of several tall coarse grasses of southern Africa, esp. of the genera Cymbopogon and Hyparrhenia, used for thatching. M19.