bantu
| Inflection ofbantu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bantu | bantut | |
| genitive | bantun | bantujen | |
| partitive | bantua | bantuja | |
| illative | bantuun | bantuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | bantu | bantut | |
| accusative | nom. | bantu | bantut |
| gen. | bantun | ||
| genitive | bantun | bantujen | |
| partitive | bantua | bantuja | |
| inessive | bantussa | bantuissa | |
| elative | bantusta | bantuista | |
| illative | bantuun | bantuihin | |
| adessive | bantulla | bantuilla | |
| ablative | bantulta | bantuilta | |
| allative | bantulle | bantuille | |
| essive | bantuna | bantuina | |
| translative | bantuksi | bantuiksi | |
| abessive | bantutta | bantuitta | |
| instructive | — | bantuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bàntʊ̀.
bantu class2
bantu (notcomparable)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bantu | bantuk |
| accusative | bantut | bantukat |
| dative | bantunak | bantuknak |
| instrumental | bantuval | bantukkal |
| causal-final | bantuért | bantukért |
| translative | bantuvá | bantukká |
| terminative | bantuig | bantukig |
| essive-formal | bantuként | bantukként |
| essive-modal | bantuul | — |
| inessive | bantuban | bantukban |
| superessive | bantun | bantukon |
| adessive | bantunál | bantuknál |
| illative | bantuba | bantukba |
| sublative | bantura | bantukra |
| allative | bantuhoz | bantukhoz |
| elative | bantuból | bantukból |
| delative | banturól | bantukról |
| ablative | bantutól | bantuktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | bantué | bantuké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | bantuéi | bantukéi |
bantu (countable anduncountable,pluralbantuk)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bantu | bantuk |
| accusative | bantut | bantukat |
| dative | bantunak | bantuknak |
| instrumental | bantuval | bantukkal |
| causal-final | bantuért | bantukért |
| translative | bantuvá | bantukká |
| terminative | bantuig | bantukig |
| essive-formal | bantuként | bantukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bantuban | bantukban |
| superessive | bantun | bantukon |
| adessive | bantunál | bantuknál |
| illative | bantuba | bantukba |
| sublative | bantura | bantukra |
| allative | bantuhoz | bantukhoz |
| elative | bantuból | bantukból |
| delative | banturól | bantukról |
| ablative | bantutól | bantuktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | bantué | bantuké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | bantuéi | bantukéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | bantum | bantuim |
| 2nd person sing. | bantud | bantuid |
| 3rd person sing. | bantuja | bantui |
| 1st person plural | bantunk | bantuink |
| 2nd person plural | bantutok | bantuitok |
| 3rd person plural | bantujuk | bantuik |
bantu
bantu
Inherited fromMalaybantu. Compare withChinese幫助 /帮助(bāngzhù,“to help; to aid; to assist”).
bantu (activemembantu,passivedibantu)
bantu
bantu (invariable)
bantu m orfby sense (invariable)
bantu class2
Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bàntʊ̀.
bantu class2
Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bàntʊ̀.
bantu class2
bantu m (definite singularbantuen,indefinite pluralbantuer,definite pluralbantuene)
bantu m (definite singularbantuen,indefinite pluralbantuar,definite pluralbantuane)
Internationalism; compareEnglishBantu, ultimatelyderived fromProto-Bantu*bàntʊ̀.
bantu n (indeclinable)
bantu m orfby sense (pluralbantus)
bantu m (uncountable)
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | bantu | bantul |
| genitive-dative | bantu | bantului |
| vocative | bantule | |
Inherited fromProto-Bantu*bàntʊ̀.
bantu class2
bantuclass 2