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Bantu adj.

Of or pertaining to the Bantu language group Bantu (definition 2); as, Bantu languages.

Of or pertaining to the Bantu people (definition 1). "The Bantu population of Sierra Leone"

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... named Nala and Wambe, Wambe's territory being to the north, and Nala's to the south. Nala ruled a tribe of bastard Zulus called the Butiana, and Wambe a much larger tribe, called the Matuku, which presents marked Bantu characteristics. For instance, they have doors and verandahs to their huts, work skins perfectly, and wear a waistcloth and not a moocha. At this time the Butiana were more or less subject to the Matuku, having been surprised ...

— Maiwa's Revenge - The War of the Little Hand • H. Rider Haggard

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Words linked to "Bantu" : Shona, Luyia, Mashi, Hutu, Bantoid language, Gikuyu, Mwera, Giriama, Watutsi, Swahili, Herero, Nguni, Bantu-speaking, Tonga, Batswana, Tswana, Chishona, Kongo, LuGanda, Kamba, Watusi, Pokomo, Chaga