banto

See also: bantō and bántó

Cuiba

Noun

banto

1. honey

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бант (bant, “bow, knot”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanto/

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Hyphenation: ban‧to

Noun

banto (accusative singular banton, plural bantoj, accusative plural bantojn)

1. bow (decorative knot)

Derived terms

• bantkravato (“bowtie”)

Maranao

Noun

banto

1. guest

   Synonyms: ana, ma'ana

Verb

banto

1. to invite

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bantu

Etymology

From English Bantu, from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀ (“people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.tu/

• Hyphenation: ban‧to

Noun

banto m (plural bantos)

1. Bantu (largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group)

Noun

banto m (plural bantos, feminine banta, feminine plural bantas)

1. Bantu (a member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language)

Adjective

banto (feminine banta, masculine plural bantos, feminine plural bantas)

1. (relational) Bantu

   as línguas bantas ― the Bantu languages

Further reading

• “banto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “banto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “banto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “banto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /banˈtoʔ/ [bɐn̪ˈt̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ban‧to

Etymology 1

Noun

bantô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. dilutant; diluent (liquid added to another to dilute it)

Derived terms

• bantuan
• ibanto
• magbanto
• may-banto
• pagbabanto
• pagbanto
• pambanto

Related terms

• palabnaw

Etymology 2

Noun

bantô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. immigrant

   Synonyms: banyaga, dayuhan

Anagrams

• tabon, baton