English

Noun

mombie ‎(plural mombies)

1. (African dialects) A cow.
   • 2008, Dick Pitman, A Wild Life: Adventures of an Accidental Conservationist (ISBN 1599213362), page 124:

     "Mr. Mhene," Chris said, rather cautiously. "On my way here I met a herd of cows wandering down the road. Tourists will come to the Mavuradonha to see elephants and sables, not mombies."

   • 2008, Lesley Stern, The Smoking Book (ISBN 0226773329), page 8:

     But there are traces, hoof marks of mombies are encrusted in the dried mud.

   • 2013, Alexandra Fuller, Don't, Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood (ISBN 1447234936), page 113:

     'Start looking for mombies.'

     The cattle that have stayed up this high are wild.

   • 2014, Katherine Rundell, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (ISBN 1442490632):

     The baccy crop's looking good, ja, and one of the mombies calved this morning.

Etymology 2

Blend of mom +‎ zombie.

Noun

mombie ‎(plural mombies)

1. (slang, often derogatory) A mother who is so obsessed with the experience of having children that she is like a mindless zombie.
   • 2013, Blair Koenig, STFU, Parents (ISBN 1101622121):

     A mombie is a woman who "changes" after having a baby. She's been brainwashed by motherhood, […] . She loves nothing more than joining an army of other mombies, so don't be surprised if your old friend-turned-mombie begins to spend her time primarily with other mombies who are all covered in some kind of murky baby secretion.