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5-letter words (2 found)

BANTU,TABUN,

4-letter words (10 found)

ABUT,AUNT,BANT,BUAT,BUNA,BUNT,TABU,TUAN,TUBA,TUNA,

3-letter words (15 found)

ANT,BAN,BAT,BUN,BUT,NAB,NAT,NUB,NUT,TAB,TAN,TAU,TUB,TUN,UTA,

2-letter words (9 found)

AB,AN,AT,BA,NA,NU,TA,UN,UT,

You can make 36 words from bantu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bantu

bantu abntu bnatu nbatu anbtu nabtu batnu abtnu btanu tbanu atbnu tabnu bntau nbtau btnau tbnau ntbau tnbau antbu natbu atnbu tanbu ntabu tnabu banut abnut bnaut nbaut anbut nabut baunt abunt buant ubant aubnt uabnt bnuat nbuat bunat ubnat nubat unbat anubt naubt aunbt uanbt nuabt unabt batun abtun btaun tbaun atbun tabun bautn abutn buatn ubatn aubtn uabtn btuan tbuan butan ubtan tuban utban atubn taubn autbn uatbn tuabn utabn bntua nbtua btnua tbnua ntbua tnbua bnuta nbuta bunta ubnta nubta unbta btuna tbuna butna ubtna tubna utbna ntuba tnuba nutba untba tunba utnba antub natub atnub tanub ntaub tnaub anutb nautb auntb uantb nuatb unatb atunb taunb autnb uatnb tuanb utanb ntuab tnuab nutab untab tunab utnab

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Definitions and meaning of bantu

bantu

Finnish

Etymology

From English Bantu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑntu/, [ˈbɑ̝n̪t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -ɑntu
  • Syllabification(key): ban‧tu

Noun

bantu

  1. Bantu

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bantu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • tabun

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒntu]
  • 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 2024)

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bantuəʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧tu
  • Rhymes: -tu

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): [ˈbantu]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧tu

Verb

bantu (used in the form membantu)

  1. to help.
    Synonym: tolong

Conjugation

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

  • “bantu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Adjective

bantu (invariable)

  1. Bantu

Noun

bantu m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. Bantu

Kituba

Noun

bantu

  1. people

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.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bantu n (indeclinable)

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

Related terms

Further reading

  • bantu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bantu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Bantou.

Noun

bantu m (uncountable)

  1. Bantu

Declension

Tooro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βáːntu/

Noun

bantu class 2

  1. augmentless form of abantu; they are people

Source: wiktionary.org