Mbantu

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English Bantu, which is from an early reconstruction of Proto-Bantu and is equivalent to Swahili watu (people).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun[edit]

Mbantu (m-wa class, plural Wabantu)

  1. Bantu (a member of any African ethnic group speaking a Bantu language)