[ 'sɪntu: ]
■ adjective &noun South African term for Bantu (the language family), used to avoid offensive connotations.
Origin
1970s: from the Bantu elements (i)si- denoting language or culture, and -ntu '(African) person'.
[ 'sɪntu: ]
■ adjective &noun South African term for Bantu (the language family), used to avoid offensive connotations.
Origin
1970s: from the Bantu elements (i)si- denoting language or culture, and -ntu '(African) person'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004