"Mbantu" meaning in All languages combined

See Mbantu on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-Mbantu.flac Forms: Wabantu [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English Bantu, which is from an early reconstruction of Proto-Bantu and is equivalent to Swahili watu (“people”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|en|Bantu}} Borrowed from English Bantu Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} Mbantu, {{sw-noun|wa|Wabantu}} Mbantu (m-wa class, plural Wabantu)
  1. Bantu (a member of any African ethnic group speaking a Bantu language) Tags: class-1, class-2
    Sense id: en-Mbantu-sw-noun-qWqT4B0n Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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