Tswana

Tswana

See also: tswana

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtswɑːnə/, /ˈswɑːnə/
• 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