ubuntu
English
Etymology
Loanword from Zulu ubuntu (“humanity”) and Xhosa ubuntu (“humaneness, solidarity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊˈbʊntuː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
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 26 October 2015:
- 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:)
Translations
ubuntu
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Portuguese
Noun
ubuntu m (uncountable)
Xhosa
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [úɓúːⁿtu]
Noun
úbúntu class 14
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uɓúːntu/
Noun
ubúntu class 14
- humanity, the human race
- humanity, human nature
- humaneness, solidarity
- ubuntu
Inflection
| 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
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-ntu”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ntu (3.2.9)”