"Nguni" meaning in English

See Nguni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /(ə)ŋˈɡuːni/
Etymology: From Zulu noun stem as in umNguni (“member of Nguni people”), isiNguni (“Nguni language group”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|zu|-}} Zulu, {{m|zu|umNguni||member of Nguni people}} umNguni (“member of Nguni people”), {{m|zu|isiNguni||Nguni language group}} isiNguni (“Nguni language group”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Nguni
  1. The group of languages of the Nguni people. Derived forms (Nguni cattle): small hardy cattle endemic to Southern Africa
    Sense id: en-Nguni-en-name--GhobbdR

Noun

IPA: /(ə)ŋˈɡuːni/
Etymology: From Zulu noun stem as in umNguni (“member of Nguni people”), isiNguni (“Nguni language group”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|zu|-}} Zulu, {{m|zu|umNguni||member of Nguni people}} umNguni (“member of Nguni people”), {{m|zu|isiNguni||Nguni language group}} isiNguni (“Nguni language group”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Nguni pl (plural only)
  1. The group of Southern African peoples comprising the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Mpondo and Ndebele nations. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Language families Categories (lifeform): Cattle
    Sense id: en-Nguni-en-noun-JVLeBcnT Disambiguation of Language families: 13 87 Disambiguation of Cattle: 11 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 11 89 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 90

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