ubuntu
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Etymology edit
Loanword from Zulu ubuntu (“humanity”) and Xhosa ubuntu (“humaneness, solidarity”).
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ubuntu (uncountable)
- (South Africa) A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.
- 2006 October 26, “South Africa: LGBT Groups Respond To CONTRALESA’s Stance On Same Sex Marriage”, in OutRight Action International[1], archived from the original on 2015-10-26:
- Through Ubuntu the worth of all individuals are recognized and respected. As such, homophobia is an unAfrican[sic] because it denies people the opportunity to express their full humanity.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
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Portuguese edit
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ubuntu m (uncountable)
Xhosa edit
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úbúntu class 14
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
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ubúntu class 14
- humanity, the human race
- humanity, human nature
- humaneness, solidarity
- ubuntu
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Class 14 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | ubuntu | — | ||
Locative | ebuntwini | — | ||
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | ubuntu | — | ||
Simple form | buntu | — | ||
Locative | ebuntwini | — | ||
Copulative | ngubuntu | — | ||
Possessive forms | ||||
Singular | Plural | |||
Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wobuntu | owobuntu | — | — |
Class 2 | bobuntu | abobuntu | — | — |
Class 3 | wobuntu | owobuntu | — | — |
Class 4 | yobuntu | eyobuntu | — | — |
Class 5 | lobuntu | elobuntu | — | — |
Class 6 | obuntu | awobuntu | — | — |
Class 7 | sobuntu | esobuntu | — | — |
Class 8 | zobuntu | ezobuntu | — | — |
Class 9 | yobuntu | eyobuntu | — | — |
Class 10 | zobuntu | ezobuntu | — | — |
Class 11 | lobuntu | olobuntu | — | — |
Class 14 | bobuntu | obobuntu | — | — |
Class 15 | kobuntu | okobuntu | — | — |
Class 17 | kobuntu | okobuntu | — | — |
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ntu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ntu (3.2.9)”