different between bantu vs yao

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

Mandarin

Romanization

yao

1. Nonstandard spelling of y?o.
2. Nonstandard spelling of yáo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of y?o.
4. Nonstandard spelling of yào.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Swahili

Adjective

yao

1. Mi class inflected form of -ao.
2. Ma class inflected form of -ao.
3. N class inflected form of -ao (singular only).