ubuntu

== English == === Etymology === Loanword from Zulu ubuntu (“humanity”) and Xhosa ubuntu (“humaneness, solidarity”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʊˈbʊntuː/ === Noun === ubuntu (uncountable) (South Africa) A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Noun === ubuntu m (uncountable) (politics) ubuntu (ideology focusing on people’s allegiances and relations) == Xhosa == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [úɓúːⁿtu] === Noun === úbúntu class 14 humaneness, solidarity ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. == Zulu == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uɓúːntu/ === Noun === ubúntu class 14 humanity, the human race humanity, human nature humaneness, solidarity ubuntu ==== Inflection ==== === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ntu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ntu (3.2.9)”