Bantu
noun
Ban·tu ˈban-(ˌ)tü 
ˈbän-
ˈbän- plural Bantu or Bantus
1
: a family of Niger-Congo languages spoken in central and southern Africa
2
: a member of any of a group of African peoples who speak Bantu languages
Word History
Etymology
ba-, a plural noun classifier + -ntu, noun base meaning "person" in several Bantu languages
First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- refracting
- refracting angle
- refracting system
- refracting telescope
- refraction
- refraction angle
- refraction circle
- refractionate
- refractionation
- refractions
- refractive
- refractive index
- refractive power
- refractive system
- refractively
- refractiveness
- refractivenesses
- refractivities
- refractivity
- refractometer
- refractometers
- refractometric
- refractometries
- refractometry
- refractor