Amakosa

English Etymology en xh amaXhosa. Noun s * en archaic A member of the Xhosa people. en 1836 Robert Godlonton Introductory Remarks to a Narrative of the Irruption of the Kafir Hordes Into the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope, A.D. 1834-35 Meurant and Godlonton 211 [A]s, for instance, at the present day we find the Amakosa and Amatembu branches perfectly distinct from that of the Mambookie. en 1837 The Asiatic Journal 181 This gentleman, in relating the causes of the invasion, states that the Caffres are divided into three great nations — the Amakosas, the Tambookies, and the Amapondas;