different between bantu vs xhosa

Finnish

(index b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?ntu/, [?b?n?t?u]
• Rhymes: -?ntu
• Syllabification: ban?tu

Noun

bantu

1. Bantu

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• tabun

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?ntu]
• Hyphenation: ban?tu
• Rhymes: -tu

Adjective

bantu (not comparable)

1. Bantu

Declension

Noun

bantu (countable and uncountable, plural bantuk)

1. Bantu (group or person)
2. Bantu (language)

Declension

Further reading

• bantu in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

Indonesian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bant?u]
• Hyphenation: ban?tu

Verb

bantu (used in the form membantu)

1. to help.

   Synonym: tolong

Noun

bantu (plural bantu-bantu, first-person possessive bantuku, second-person possessive bantumu, third-person possessive bantunya)

1. assistant, helper

   Synonym: penolong

Affixed terms

Further reading

• “bantu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Adjective

bantu (invariable)

1. Bantu

Noun

bantu m or f (invariable)

1. Bantu

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bantu m (definite singular bantuen, indefinite plural bantuer, definite plural bantuene)

1. a Bantu (person who speaks a Bantu language)
2. a collective term for all Bantu speakers
3. 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)

1. a Bantu (person who speaks a Bantu language)
2. a collective term for all Bantu speakers
3. a Bantu language

Related terms

• bantuspråk

References

• “bantu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French Bantou

Noun

bantu m (uncountable)

1. Bantu

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.sa/

Noun

xhosa m (uncountable)

1. Xhosa (Xhosa language)

Portuguese

Noun

xhosa m (plural xhosas or xhosa)

1. Xhosa (member of a Bantu people from South Africa)
2. (uncountable) Xhosa (a Bantu language spoken by the Xhosa)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??osa/, [??o.sa]

• IPA^(key): /?xosa/, [?xo.sa]

Adjective

xhosa (plural xhosas)

1. Xhosa

Noun

xhosa m or f (plural xhosas or xhosa)

1. Xhosa

Swedish

Noun

xhosa ?

1. Xhosa (language)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.