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  • 1. Bantu
  • Rhymes with Bantu
  • Bantu in a sentence
  • 2. Bantu-speaking
  • 3. Bantu
Table of Contents
  • 1. Bantu
  • Rhymes with Bantu
  • Bantu in a sentence
  • 2. Bantu-speaking
  • 3. Bantu
Synonyms
Etymology

1. Bantu

noun. a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent.

Synonyms

  • Gikuyu
  • Fang
  • Luyia
  • Bantoid language
  • Nyamwezi
  • Chagga
  • Swahili
  • Tonga
  • Tshiluba
  • Kamba
  • Luba
  • Umbundu
  • Kiswahili
  • Chishona
  • Pokomo
  • Mashi
  • Shona
  • Niger-Congo
  • Mwera
  • Sotho
  • Nguni
  • Kongo
  • Giriama
  • Chichewa
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Herero
  • LuGanda
  • Kichaga
  • Chaga

Etymology

  • bantu (Xhosa)

Rhymes with Bantu

  • cantu

Sentences with bantu


1. Adjective
Doing bantu knots on dreadlocked hair is almost identical to doing them on loose strands.

2. Noun, singular or mass
Dry your bantu knots by sitting under a hairdryer or by letting your hair air-dry.

2. Bantu-speaking

adjective. able to communicate in Bantu.

Synonyms

  • communicatory

Antonyms

  • taciturn
  • inarticulate

3. Bantu

noun. a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa.

Synonyms

  • Watutsi
  • Shona
  • Herero
  • Tutsi
  • Hutu
  • Tswana
  • Luba
  • Chiluba
  • Bechuana
  • Watusi
  • Sotho
  • African

Etymology

  • bantu (Xhosa)
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