oumatjie, noun

Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ouma (see ouma) + -ie.
ouma sense 1.
1953 U. Krige Dream & Desert 184Carefully Adoons filled up the large gap at Mieta’s feet with two of her own blankets, ‘just to balance poor old Oumatjie’.
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