ubuntu
/ʊˈbʊntuː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Through Ubuntu the worth of all individuals are recognized and respected. As such, homophobia is an unAfrican^([sic]) because it denies people the opportunity to express their full humanity."
- "This includes buen vivir (or sumak kawsay or suma qamaña), a culture of life with different names and varieties emerging from indigenous peoples in various regions of South America; ubuntu, with its emphasis on human mutuality (“I am because we are”) in South Africa; radical ecological democracy or ecological swaraj, with a focus on self-reliance and self-governance, in India; and degrowth, the hypothesis that we can live better with less and in common, in western countries."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀ Zulu ubúntubor. ▲ Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀ntʊ̀ Xhosa úbúntubor. English ubuntu Loanword from Zulu ubuntu (“humanity”) and Xhosa ubuntu (“humaneness, solidarity”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: ubuntu