bantu
التعريفات والمعاني
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From English Bantu.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbɑntu/, [ˈbɑ̝n̪t̪u]
Rhymes: -ɑntu
Syllabification(key): ban‧tu
Hyphenation(key): ban‧tu
=== Noun ===
bantu
Bantu
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“bantu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
=== Anagrams ===
tabun
== Gungu ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀.
=== Noun ===
bantu class 2
plural of muntu.
== Hungarian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈbɒntu]
Hyphenation: ban‧tu
Rhymes: -tu
=== Adjective ===
bantu (not comparable)
Bantu
==== Declension ====
=== Noun ===
bantu (countable and uncountable, plural bantuk)
Bantu (group or person)
Bantu (language)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
bantu in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
== Iban ==
=== Etymology ===
From Malay bantu.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /bantuʔ/
Hyphenation: ban‧tu
Rhymes: -antuʔ
=== Noun ===
bantu
help, assist
=== Verb ===
bantu
to help, to assist
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Malay bantu. Compare with Chinese 幫助 / 帮助 (bāngzhù, “to help; to aid; to assist”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbantu/ [ˈban̪.t̪u]
Rhymes: -antu
Syllabification: ban‧tu
=== Verb ===
bantu (active membantu, reflexive passive terbantu, ordinary passive dibantu, imperative bantu, emphatic-jussive bantulah)
to help; to aid; to assist
Near-synonym: tolong
=== Noun ===
bantu
(in compounds) assistant, helper
=== Derived terms ===
=== Further reading ===
“bantu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Adjective ===
bantu (invariable)
Bantu
=== Noun ===
bantu m or f by sense (invariable)
Bantu
== Javanese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Javanese bantu (“help, servant”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ban.t̪u/
Rhymes: -t̪u
Hyphenation: ban‧tu
=== Noun ===
bantu
assistance, help.
auxiliary troops, reinforcement
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“bantu”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
== Kituba ==
=== Noun ===
bantu class 2
people
== Kongo ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀.
=== Noun ===
bantu class 2
people
== Nkoya ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀.
=== Noun ===
bantu class 2
plural of muntu.
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Noun ===
bantu m (definite singular bantuen, indefinite plural bantuer, definite plural bantuene)
a Bantu (person who speaks a Bantu language)
a collective term for all Bantu speakers
a Bantu language
==== Related terms ====
bantuspråk
=== References ===
“bantu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“bantu” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Noun ===
bantu m (definite singular bantuen, indefinite plural bantuar, definite plural bantuane)
a Bantu (person who speaks a Bantu language)
a collective term for all Bantu speakers
a Bantu language
==== Related terms ====
bantuspråk
=== References ===
“bantu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Internationalism; compare English Bantu, ultimately derived from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈban.tu/
Rhymes: -antu
Syllabification: ban‧tu
Homophone: Bantu
=== Noun ===
bantu n (indeclinable)
Bantu (the language family)
Synonym: języki bantu
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
bantu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
bantu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ban‧tu
=== Noun ===
bantu m (plural bantus)
alternative form of banto
=== Noun ===
bantu m or f by sense (plural bantus)
alternative form of banto
=== Adjective ===
bantu m or f (plural bantus)
alternative form of banto
=== Further reading ===
“bantu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French Bantou.
=== Noun ===
bantu m (uncountable)
Bantu
==== Declension ====
== Talinga-Bwisi ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀.
=== Noun ===
bantu class 2
plural of muntu.
== Tooro ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /βáːntu/
=== Noun ===
bantu class 2
augmentless form of abantu; they are people