Tammaka, noun
- Forms:
- Also Batammaka, Tamaha.
- Origin:
- Northern SothoShow more Probably related to Northern Sotho adjectival stem -thamakga ‘red with a white back’ (used of cattle).
obs.
Usually in the plural : Collectively, the members of a people of the Tswana group.
1821 Missionary Notices June 201To the N.E. of the above-mentioned place, (about four days’ journey) there is a large and populous town, called by the natives Meribahwhey, inhabited by and extensive tribe, called the Tammakas, or Red Caffres.
1846 R. Moffat Missionary Labours 4From this class of people, the Tamahas, or Red people, as the etymology of the word imports, who are by the Griquas called Red Kafirs, arose.
Usually in the plural :Collectively, the members of a people of the Tswana group.
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