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Luba


Lu·ba

L0276850 (lo͞o′bə)n. pl. Luba or Lu·bas 1. A member of a Bantu people inhabiting southeast Democratic Republic of the Congo.2. The Bantu language of this people. Also called Tshiluba.

Luba

(ˈluːbə) npl Luba1. (Peoples) a member of a Negroid people of Africa living chiefly in the S Democratic Republic of Congo2. (Languages) Also called: Tshiluba the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

Lu•ba

(ˈlu bə)

n., pl. -bas, (esp. collectively) -ba. 1. a member of an African people of the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo who formed the nucleus of a succession of states in the region from the 17th through the 19th centuries. 2. Also called Chiluba, Ciluba, Tshiluba. the Bantu language of the Luba.
Thesaurus
Noun1.Luba - a member of a Bantu people in southeastern CongoLuba - a member of a Bantu people in southeastern CongoChilubaBelgian Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire - a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960Bantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
2.Luba - a Bantu language spoken in southeastern CongoLuba - a Bantu language spoken in southeastern CongoTshilubaBantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent

Luba


Luba

 

(Kiluba, Chiluba), the language of the Baluba; belongs to the Bantu language family. Luba is spoken in the central and southern regions of the Republic of Zaire by about 3.2 million people (1970, estimate). There are more than 20 dialects (the main dialects are Lulua, Sango, Kaonde, Hemba, Kiluba, and Tshiluba).

The phonetic structure of Luba is characterized by the presence of four distinctive musical tones, vowel harmony, and nasal sonants. The grammatical structure is characterized by concordial classes, which are marked by monosyllabic prefixes. The Luba class system includes augmentative, diminutive, and locative classes with a strictly maintained concord that is rarely observed in other Bantu languages.

REFERENCES

Burssens, A. Manuel de Tshiluba (Kasayi, Congo Beige). Antwerp, 1946.
Clercq, A. de. Dictionnaire Luba. Leopoldville, 1936-37.
Becket, H. W. Handbook of Kiluba (Luba-Katanga). Mulongo (Katanga-Congo), 1951.
Avermaert, E. Dictionnaire Kiluba-Franæais. Tervaren, 1954.N. V. OKHOTINA

LUBA


AcronymDefinition
LUBALand Use Board of Appeal
LUBALowest Unique Bid Auction
LUBALoading on the Upper Body Assessment (ergonomics)
LUBALimited Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Luba


  • noun

Synonyms for Luba

noun a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo

Synonyms

  • Chiluba

Related Words

  • Belgian Congo
  • Congo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Zaire
  • Bantu

noun a Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo

Synonyms

  • Tshiluba

Related Words

  • Bantoid language
  • Bantu
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