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ubuntu
ubuntu
English
Noun
ubuntu (uncountable)
- (South Africa) A South African ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other
Translations
ubuntu
Portuguese
Noun
ubuntu m (uncountable)
- (politics) ubuntu (ideology focusing on people’s allegiances and relations)
Zulu
Etymology
Noun
ubuntu class 14 (uncountable)
- humanity, the human race
- humanity, human nature
- humaneness, solidarity
Inflection
| Class 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Full form | ubuntu | — |
| Simple form | buntu | — |
| Locative | ebuntwini | — |
| Copulative | ngubuntu | — |
| Possessive forms | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Class 1 | wobuntu | — |
| Class 2 | bobuntu | — |
| Class 3 | wobuntu | — |
| Class 4 | yobuntu | — |
| Class 5 | lobuntu | — |
| Class 6 | obuntu | — |
| Class 7 | sobuntu | — |
| Class 8 | zobuntu | — |
| Class 9 | yobuntu | — |
| Class 10 | zobuntu | — |
| Class 11 | lwobuntu | — |
| Class 14 | bobuntu | — |
| Class 15 | kwobuntu | — |
| Class 17 | kwobuntu | — |