matingola, noun
- Forms:
- Also martingola, matingula.
- Origin:
- Englished form of isiZulu amathungulu.
amatungulu.
1851 R.J. Garden Diary. I. (Killie Campbell Africana Library MS29081) 2 JuneOf fruits besides the Matingola, there is a tree called Ummaki.
1994 M. Roberts tr. of J.A. Wahlberg’s Trav. Jrnls 1838–56 36Matingola or Numnum, the flesh red, when bitten a white milk runs out.