matjieshuisie, noun
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, matjie little mat + linking phoneme (or plural) -s- + huis house + -ie.
historical
mat-house. Also matjieshuis.
1955 L.G. Green Karoo 238It is nothing unusual in Namaqualand for a rich man to live in a matjieshuisie; many a wealthy white sheep farmer prefers this type of dwelling to the most solid farmhouse.
1975 Argus 17 Sept. 18Gharra beer,..on a hot day a wonderfully refreshing drink faintly aromatic from the smoke of the matjieshuisie (hut of reed mats) in which the aia lived.
mat-house. Also matjieshuis.
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