sjambok

== English == === Alternative forms === (noun): sambock, sambok, shambock, shambok, shambuck, sjambock (verb): shambock, shambok, sjambock, sjamboke === Etymology === From Afrikaans sjambok, from Dutch sjambok, from Javanese cambuk, and as borrowed in Malay: modern Indonesian and Malay, ultimately from Persian چابک (čâbok). Originally spelt in the colonial Dutch transliteration tscamboek. The term was imported by VOC officials, Dutch merchants, the Maardijkers (Maluku (Moluccan) freemen and burghers), and Inlanders (Javanese and other modern Indonesian slaves and political exiles expelled to Dutch South Africa). Doublet of chabuk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃæmbɒk/ Rhymes: -æmbɒk === Noun === sjambok (plural sjamboks) (South Africa) A stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide. ==== See also ==== knout quirt whip cambuk === Verb === sjambok (third-person singular simple present sjamboks, present participle sjambokking, simple past and past participle sjambokked) (transitive) To whip with a sjambok; to horsewhip. === References === 1989-1990, South African Department of Information (Apartheid era), South Africa 1989-90: official yearbook of the Republic of South Africa, volume 15 (1989; →ISBN and →ISBN). Page 74: "bobotie, kiaal, sjambok, sosatie from Malay". 1983, Robert Ross, Cape of Torments: slavery and resistance in South Africa. International library of anthropology (Routledge, 1983; →ISBN and →ISBN) 1978, Jean Branford, A Dictionary of South African English 1971, Roy Lewis, Yvonne Foy, Painting Africa white: the human side of British colonialism (Universe Books, 1971, →ISBN and →ISBN) 1883, JKW Quarles van Ufford, Koloniale kroniek - De Economist (Springer, [1], [2]) === Anagrams === Kambojs, jamboks == Dutch == === Alternative forms === sambok, tjambok === Etymology === Borrowed from Javanese cambuk or Malay cambuk, ultimately from Persian چابک (čâbok). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɑmˈbɔk/ Hyphenation: sjam‧bok Rhymes: -ɔk === Noun === sjambok f (plural sjambokken, diminutive sjambokje n) a sjambok, a long heavy whip ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: sjambok → English: sjambok