English Explanatory Dictionary

ubuntu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.

Pronunciation

/ʊˈbʊntuː/ En-Ubuntu pronunciation.oga

Word forms

ubuntu

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀ Zulu ubúntubor. Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀ Xhosa úbúntubor. English ubuntu Loanword from Zulu ubuntu (“humanity”) and Xhosa ubuntu (“humaneness, solidarity”).

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