# bantu
## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Bantu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑntu/, [ˈbɑ̝n̪t̪u]
* Rhymes: -ɑntu
* Hyphenation: ban‧tu

### Noun

bantu
* Bantu

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bantu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bantuni
bantuni
accusative
nom.
bantuni
bantuni
gen.
bantuni
genitive
bantuni
bantujeni
partitive
bantuani
bantujani
inessive
bantussani
bantuissani
elative
bantustani
bantuistani
illative
bantuuni
bantuihini
adessive
bantullani
bantuillani
ablative
bantultani
bantuiltani
allative
bantulleni
bantuilleni
essive
bantunani
bantuinani
translative
bantukseni
bantuikseni
abessive
bantuttani
bantuittani
instructive
comitative
—bantuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bantusi
bantusi
accusative
nom.
bantusi
bantusi
gen.
bantusi
genitive
bantusi
bantujesi
partitive
bantuasi
bantujasi
inessive
bantussasi
bantuissasi
elative
bantustasi
bantuistasi
illative
bantuusi
bantuihisi
adessive
bantullasi
bantuillasi
ablative
bantultasi
bantuiltasi
allative
bantullesi
bantuillesi
essive
bantunasi
bantuinasi
translative
bantuksesi
bantuiksesi
abessive
bantuttasi
bantuittasi
instructive
comitative
—bantuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bantumme
bantumme
accusative
nom.
bantumme
bantumme
gen.
bantumme
genitive
bantumme
bantujemme
partitive
bantuamme
bantujamme
inessive
bantussamme
bantuissamme
elative
bantustamme
bantuistamme
illative
bantuumme
bantuihimme
adessive
bantullamme
bantuillamme
ablative
bantultamme
bantuiltamme
allative
bantullemme
bantuillemme
essive
bantunamme
bantuinamme
translative
bantuksemme
bantuiksemme
abessive
bantuttamme
bantuittamme
instructive
comitative
—bantuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bantunne
bantunne
accusative
nom.
bantunne
bantunne
gen.
bantunne
genitive
bantunne
bantujenne
partitive
bantuanne
bantujanne
inessive
bantussanne
bantuissanne
elative
bantustanne
bantuistanne
illative
bantuunne
bantuihinne
adessive
bantullanne
bantuillanne
ablative
bantultanne
bantuiltanne
allative
bantullenne
bantuillenne
essive
bantunanne
bantuinanne
translative
bantuksenne
bantuiksenne
abessive
bantuttanne
bantuittanne
instructive
comitative
—bantuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bantunsa
bantunsa
accusative
nom.
bantunsa
bantunsa
gen.
bantunsa
genitive
bantunsa
bantujensa
partitive
bantuaan bantuansa
bantujaan bantujansa
inessive
bantussaan bantussansa
bantuissaan bantuissansa
elative
bantustaan bantustansa
bantuistaan bantuistansa
illative
bantuunsa
bantuihinsa
adessive
bantullaan bantullansa
bantuillaan bantuillansa
ablative
bantultaan bantultansa
bantuiltaan bantuiltansa
allative
bantulleen bantullensa
bantuilleen bantuillensa
essive
bantunaan bantunansa
bantuinaan bantuinansa
translative
bantukseen bantuksensa
bantuikseen bantuiksensa
abessive
bantuttaan bantuttansa
bantuittaan bantuittansa
instructive
comitative
—bantuineen bantuinensa :

#### Derived terms

* bantuheimo
* bantukansa
* bantukieli
* bantustan

### Further reading

* “bantu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* tabun

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒntu]
* Hyphenation: ban‧tu
* Rhymes: -tu

### Adjective

bantu (not comparable)
* Bantu

#### Declension
### Noun

bantu (countable and uncountable, plural bantuk)
* Bantu (group or person)
* Bantu (language)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* bantu in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bantuəʔ]
* Hyphenation: ban‧tu
* Rhymes: -tu

### Noun

bantu
* help, assist

### Verb

bantu
* to help, to assist

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay bantu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbantu]
* Hyphenation: ban‧tu

### Verb

bantu (used in the form membantu)
* to help
    Synonym: tolong

#### Conjugation

$^1$ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

### Noun

bantu (plural)
* assistant, helper
    Synonym: penolong

### Derived terms

* bantuan
* berbantu-bantuan
* membantu
* membantukan
* memperbantukan
* pembantu
* pembantuan
* terbantu

### Further reading

* “bantu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Adjective

bantu (invariable)
* Bantu

### Noun

bantu m or f by sense (invariable)
* Bantu

## Kituba
### Noun

bantu
* people

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

bantu m (definite singular bantuen, indefinite plural bantuer, definite plural bantuene)
* a Bantu (person who speaks a Bantu language)
* a collective term for all Bantu speakers
* a Bantu language

#### Related terms

* bantuspråk

### References

* “bantu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “bantu” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

bantu m (definite singular bantuen, indefinite plural bantuar, definite plural bantuane)
* a Bantu (person who speaks a Bantu language)
* a collective term for all Bantu speakers
* a Bantu language

#### Related terms

* bantuspråk

### References

* “bantu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Bantu, ultimately derived from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban.tu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -antu
* Syllabification: ban‧tu
* Homophone: Bantu

### Noun

bantu n (indeclinable)
* Bantu (the language family)
    Synonym: języki bantu

#### Related terms

* bantuski
* Bantu
* bantustan

### Further reading

* bantu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bantu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /bɐ̃ˈtu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐ̃ˈtu/
* Hyphenation: ban‧tu

### Noun

bantu m (plural bantus)
* Alternative form of banto

### Noun

bantu m or f by sense (plural bantus)
* Alternative form of banto

### Adjective

bantu m or f (plural bantus)
* Alternative form of banto

### Further reading

* “bantu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Bantou.

### Noun

bantu m (uncountable)
* Bantu

#### Declension
## Tooro
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βáːntu/

### Noun

bantu class 2
* augmentless form of abantu; they are people