Borrowed fromProto-Bantu*bàntʊ̀ pl(“people”), as reconstructed by the 19th-century linguistWilhelm Bleek.
Bantu (countable anduncountable,pluralBantusorBantu)
Black South Africans were at times officially called "Bantus" by the Apartheid regime. New legislation and documents from the South African government have replaced "Bantu" with "Black" due to the former word's derogatory connotations. Outside Southern Africa the term is still widely used as a term for the Bantu-speaking peoples.
Bantu n (proper noun,strong,genitiveBantuorBantus)
Bantu m (strong,genitiveBantuorBantus,pluralBantuorBantus)
Bantu f (genitiveBantu,pluralBantuorBantus)
Internationalism; compareEnglishBantu, ultimatelyProto-Bantu*bàntʊ̀.
Bantu m pers (indeclinable)
