Mamba Muntu

noun

Mam·​ba Mun·​tu ˈmäm-bä-ˈmün-tü 

: water deity of East African mythology depicted as a mermaid compare mami wata

Word History

Etymology

"snake person" (sometimes taken as "crocodile person"), based on the unprefixed forms for "snake" and "person" in Bantu languages of Central Africa

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above