Tswana

See also: tswana

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Tswana pl (plural only)

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

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

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