bantu

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See also: Bantu, bantú, bàntú, and bǎntú

Finnish

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Etymology

From English Bantu.

Pronunciation

Noun

bantu

  1. Bantu

Declension

Inflection of bantu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative bantu bantut
genitive bantun bantujen
partitive bantua bantuja
illative bantuun bantuihin
singular plural
nominative bantu bantut
accusative nom. bantu bantut
gen. bantun
genitive bantun bantujen
partitive bantua bantuja
inessive bantussa bantuissa
elative bantusta bantuista
illative bantuun bantuihin
adessive bantulla bantuilla
ablative bantulta bantuilta
allative bantulle bantuille
essive bantuna bantuina
translative bantuksi bantuiksi
abessive bantutta bantuitta
instructive — bantuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of bantu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bantuni bantuni
accusative nom. bantuni bantuni
gen. bantuni
genitive bantuni bantujeni
partitive bantuani bantujani
inessive bantussani bantuissani
elative bantustani bantuistani
illative bantuuni bantuihini
adessive bantullani bantuillani
ablative bantultani bantuiltani
allative bantulleni bantuilleni
essive bantunani bantuinani
translative bantukseni bantuikseni
abessive bantuttani bantuittani
instructive — —
comitative — bantuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bantusi bantusi
accusative nom. bantusi bantusi
gen. bantusi
genitive bantusi bantujesi
partitive bantuasi bantujasi
inessive bantussasi bantuissasi
elative bantustasi bantuistasi
illative bantuusi bantuihisi
adessive bantullasi bantuillasi
ablative bantultasi bantuiltasi
allative bantullesi bantuillesi
essive bantunasi bantuinasi
translative bantuksesi bantuiksesi
abessive bantuttasi bantuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — bantuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bantumme bantumme
accusative nom. bantumme bantumme
gen. bantumme
genitive bantumme bantujemme
partitive bantuamme bantujamme
inessive bantussamme bantuissamme
elative bantustamme bantuistamme
illative bantuumme bantuihimme
adessive bantullamme bantuillamme
ablative bantultamme bantuiltamme
allative bantullemme bantuillemme
essive bantunamme bantuinamme
translative bantuksemme bantuiksemme
abessive bantuttamme bantuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — bantuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bantunne bantunne
accusative nom. bantunne bantunne
gen. bantunne
genitive bantunne bantujenne
partitive bantuanne bantujanne
inessive bantussanne bantuissanne
elative bantustanne bantuistanne
illative bantuunne bantuihinne
adessive bantullanne bantuillanne
ablative bantultanne bantuiltanne
allative bantullenne bantuillenne
essive bantunanne bantuinanne
translative bantuksenne bantuiksenne
abessive bantuttanne bantuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — bantuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative bantunsa bantunsa
accusative nom. bantunsa bantunsa
gen. bantunsa
genitive bantunsa bantujensa
partitive bantuaan
bantuansa 		bantujaan
bantujansa
inessive bantussaan
bantussansa 		bantuissaan
bantuissansa
elative bantustaan
bantustansa 		bantuistaan
bantuistansa
illative bantuunsa bantuihinsa
adessive bantullaan
bantullansa 		bantuillaan
bantuillansa
ablative bantultaan
bantultansa 		bantuiltaan
bantuiltansa
allative bantulleen
bantullensa 		bantuilleen
bantuillensa
essive bantunaan
bantunansa 		bantuinaan
bantuinansa
translative bantukseen
bantuksensa 		bantuikseen
bantuiksensa
abessive bantuttaan
bantuttansa 		bantuittaan
bantuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — bantuineen
bantuinensa

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Hungarian

 bantu on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Adjective

bantu (not comparable)

  1. Bantu

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bantu bantuk
accusative bantut bantukat
dative bantunak bantuknak
instrumental bantuval bantukkal
causal-final bantuért bantukért
translative bantuvá bantukká
terminative bantuig bantukig
essive-formal bantuként bantukként
essive-modal bantuul —
inessive bantuban bantukban
superessive bantun bantukon
adessive bantunál bantuknál
illative bantuba bantukba
sublative bantura bantukra
allative bantuhoz bantukhoz
elative bantuból bantukból
delative banturól bantukról
ablative bantutól bantuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		bantué bantuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bantuéi bantukéi

Noun

bantu (countable and uncountable, plural bantuk)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bantu bantuk
accusative bantut bantukat
dative bantunak bantuknak
instrumental bantuval bantukkal
causal-final bantuért bantukért
translative bantuvá bantukká
terminative bantuig bantukig
essive-formal bantuként bantukként
essive-modal — —
inessive bantuban bantukban
superessive bantun bantukon
adessive bantunál bantuknál
illative bantuba bantukba
sublative bantura bantukra
allative bantuhoz bantukhoz
elative bantuból bantukból
delative banturól bantukról
ablative bantutól bantuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		bantué bantuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		bantuéi bantukéi
Possessive forms of bantu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bantum bantuim
2nd person sing. bantud bantuid
3rd person sing. bantuja bantui
1st person plural bantunk bantuink
2nd person plural bantutok bantuitok
3rd person plural bantujuk bantuik

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bantu

  1. help, assist

Verb

bantu

  1. to help, to assist

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bantu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ban‧tu

Verb

bantu (used in the form membantu)

  1. to help.
    Synonym: tolong

Conjugation

Conjugation of bantu (meng-, transitive)
Root bantu
Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
Imperative 		Jussive
Active membantu terbantu dibantu bantu bantulah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 membantukan terbantukan dibantukan bantukan bantukanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 memperbantukan diperbantukan perbantukanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Noun

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

  1. assistant, helper
    Synonym: penolong

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

bantu (invariable)

  1. Bantu

Noun

bantu m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. Bantu

Kituba

Noun

bantu

  1. people

Norwegian Bokmål

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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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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

References

Polish

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Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Bantu, ultimately derived from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈban.tu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -antu
  • Syllabification: ban‧tu
  • Homophone: Bantu

Noun

bantu n (indeclinable)

  1. Bantu (the language family)
    Synonym: języki bantu
adjective
nouns

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)

  1. Alternative form of banto

Noun

bantu m or f by sense (plural bantus)

  1. Alternative form of banto

Adjective

bantu m or f (plural bantus)

  1. Alternative form of banto

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bantou.

Noun

bantu m (uncountable)

  1. Bantu

Declension

declension of bantu (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bantu bantul
genitive/dative (unui) bantu bantului
vocative bantule

Tooro

Pronunciation

Noun

bantu class 2

  1. augmentless form of abantu; they are people
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