ubuntu

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations
2 Xhosa
- 2.1 Noun
3 Zulu
- 3.1 Noun
  - 3.1.1 Related terms

English[edit]

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Ubuntu

Etymology[edit]

Loanword from the Zulu and Xhosa languages.

Noun[edit]

ubuntu (uncountable)

(South Africa) A South African ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other

Translations[edit]

ubuntu

Chichewa: uMunthu
Kinyarwanda: ubuntu (rw)
Kirundi: ubuntu (rn)
Nyoro: obuntu
Russian: общинность, соборность (ru) (obščinnosť, sobornosť) f

Shona: unhu (sn)
Swahili: utu (sw)
Tswana: botho (tn)
Xhosa: ubuntu (xh)
Zulu: ubuntu (zu) 14

Xhosa[edit]

Noun[edit]

ubuntu 14 (uncountable)

humaneness, solidarity

Zulu[edit]

Noun[edit]

ubuntu class 14 (uncountable)

humanity, the human race
humaneness, solidarity

Related terms[edit]

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