Bantu

Bantu
noun (plural Bantu or Bantus) Etymology: ba-, a plural noun classifier + -ntu, noun base meaning “person” in several Bantu languages Date: 1862 1. a family of Niger-Congo languages spoken in central and southern Africa 2. a member of any of a group of African peoples who speak Bantu languages

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  • bantu — BANTÚ s.m. invar., adj. invar. 1. s.m. invar. Populaţie africană negroidă, de o mare diversitate antropologică din Africa Ecuatorială şi Meridională. 2. adj. invar. Referitor la bantu (1) sau la limbile vorbite de această populaţie. [acc. şi:… …   Dicționar Român

  • Bantú — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fases de la expansión bantú: 1. = 3000 1500 a. C. origen 2 = 1500 aDc. primeras migraciones 2.a = Bantú del este, 2.b = Bantú del oeste 3. = 1000 500 a. C. Núcle Uruwe de Bantúes del este 4. 7.… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Bantu — Ban tu adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the Bantu language group Bantu (definition 2); as, Bantu languages. [WordNet 1.5] 2. of or pertaining to the Bantu people (definition 1). The Bantu population of Sierra Leone [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bantu — may refer to:*Bantu expansion, a series of migrations of Bantu speakers *Bantu languages *Bantu people *Bantustan, African land set aside for black Africans as part of apartheidBANTU may refer to: *Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity …   Wikipedia

  • Bantu — (A Bantu), eine Gruppe von Völkern, die Afrika von der Südspitze bis 5° nördl. Br. (die Bewohner von Uganda sind noch B.) bewohnen und im S. von den Hottentotten und Buschmännern, im N. von den Sudannegern und Gallavölkern begrenzt werden. Der… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • bantu — bȁntu prid. <indekl.> DEFINICIJA koji pripada narodima i plemenima Afrike koji govore bantu jezicima SINTAGMA bantu jezici velika afrička skupina jezika, dio nigersko kordofanske porodice (u Tanzaniji, Keniji, Ugandi i Kongu) ETIMOLOGIJA… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Bantu — [ban′to͞o΄; ] also [, ban to͞o′] n. [Bantu ba ntu, the men < ba, var. of aba, pl. prefix + ntu, man: coined (1850s) by W. H. I. Bleek, librarian of the Brit gov. of the Cape Colony] 1. a group of more than 200 languages belonging to the Niger… …   English World dictionary

  • Bantu — Ban tu, prop. n. A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupying equatorial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba , Ama , Ba …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bantu — ► NOUN (pl. same or Bantus) 1) a member of a large group of peoples of central and southern Africa. 2) the group of languages spoken by these peoples. USAGE Bantu is a strongly offensive word in South African English, especially when used of… …   English terms dictionary

  • bantu — {{hw}}{{bantu}}{{/hw}}, (evit.) bantù agg. ; anche s. m. inv. Appartenente alla famiglia linguistica di popoli dell Africa nera stanziati in molte zone al disotto del 5° parallelo Nord …   Enciclopedia di italiano

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