Tswana

See also: tswana

English

Etymology

From Tswana Tswana, the stem of Motswana/Batswana/Setswana. See Botswana for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtswɑːnə/, /ˈswɑːnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

Tswana pl (plural only)

1. A Bantu people living in Botswana and South Africa.

   Synonym: Batswana

Translations

people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茨瓦納人／茨瓦纳人 (Cíwǎnàrén)

• Finnish: tswanat pl
• Romanian: tswana m
• Russian: тсвана (ru) (tsvana)
• Tswana: Motswana sg, Batswana pl

Proper noun

Tswana

1. The Bantu language of these people; Setswana.

   Synonym: Setswana

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Tswana (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茨瓦納語／茨瓦纳语 (zh) (Cíwǎnàyǔ)

• Dutch: Tswana (nl) n
• Finnish: tswana (fi)
• Greek: τσουάνα (el) n pl (tsouána)
• Navajo: Tswana Dineʼé bizaad
• Romanian: tswana n
• Russian: тсвана (ru) m (tsvana)
• Swahili: Kitswana
• Tswana: Setswana (tn)

Related terms

• Botswana

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