Tswana

See also: tswana

English

Etymology

From Tswana Tswana, the stem of Motswana/Batswana/Setswana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtswɑːnə/, /ˈswɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Tswana

1. A Bantu people living in Botswana and South Africa.
2. The Bantu language of these people; Setswana.

Synonyms

• (person/people): Motswana/Batswana
• (language): Setswana

Related terms

• Botswana

Translations

people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茨瓦納人／茨瓦纳人, 茨瓦纳人 (Cíwǎnàrén)

• Finnish: tswanat pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: tswana m
• Russian: тсвана (ru) (tsvana)
• Tswana: Motswana sg, Batswana pl

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茨瓦納語／茨瓦纳语 (zh), 茨瓦纳语 (zh) (Cíwǎnàyǔ)

• Dutch: Tswana (nl) n
• Finnish: tswana (fi)
• Greek: τσουάνα (el) n pl (tsouána)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Navajo: Tswana Dineʼé bizaad
• Romanian: tswana n
• Russian: тсвана (ru) m (tsvana)
• Swahili: Kitswana
• Tswana: Setswana

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tswana terms
• Tswana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tswana language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tswana edition of Wiktionary
• ISO 639-1 code tn, ISO 639-3 code tsn (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Tswana, tsn ⁠

Anagrams

• Wantas, wansta, watsan