Meaning

1 senses

  1. To whip with a sjambok; to horsewhip.

Origin

From Afrikaans sjambok, from Dutch sjambok, from Javanese cambuk, and as borrowed in Malay

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.

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Forms

sjamboks, sjambokking, sjambokked, sjambokked
Base formsjambok · to sjambok
3rd person singularsjamboks
Present participlesjambokking
Past simplesjambokked
Past participlesjambokked

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysjambok
he, she, itsjamboks

Past simpleLesson

all personssjambokked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sjambokked
he, she, ithas sjambokked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sjambok

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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