Mbantu

Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mbantu class I (plural Wabantu class II)

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