mäŋˈbe(ˌ)tü noun
also mang·bat·tu -ba(- ; or mangbet·tu -be(- ; or mom·but·too mämˈbə(-
( plural mangbetu or mangbetus )
Usage: usually capitalized
1.
a. : a people dwelling about the headwaters of the Uele river in northern Zaire and sometimes regarded as a distinctive racial type
b. : a member of such people
2. : a Central Sudanic language of the Mangbetu people