ubuntun.

Brit.

/uːˈbʊntuː/,

/ᵿˈbʊntuː/, U.S.

/uˈbuntu/,

/uˈbʊntu/, South African English

/ʊˈbʊntʊ/

Forms: 1800s– ubuntu, 1900s– buntu. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Xhosa. Partly a borrowing from Zulu. Etymons: Xhosa ubuntu; Zulu ubuntu.

Etymology: < (i) Xhosa ubuntu, and (ii) the related Zulu ubuntu humanity, fact of being human, behaviour reflecting the human ideal < ubu- , class prefix forming abstract nouns + -ntu person, human (see Bantu adj.).

South African.

A quality regarded as embodying the various values and virtues of essential humanity, or of Africanness.

ΚΠ

1860 Mission Field Dec. 80 One man requires truth, love, righteousness, in another, not falsehood, hatred, injustice; and this shows plainly what is ubuntu, the true, proper nature of a man.

1926 G. Callaway Fellowship of Veld iii. 25 To the Native the qualities which go to make up ubuntu, the qualities which make an umntu (person), are largely social.

1960 N. Jabavu Drawn in Colour i. 4 Africans who are inclined to the idea of ‘Pan-Africanism’..claim that black people have the quality of ubuntu, human feeling, and that white people lack it.

1991 D. Tutu in Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 26 May 2 It seems to me that we in the black community have lost our sense of ubuntu—our humanness, caring, hospitality, our sense of connectedness, our sense that my humanity is bound up in your humanity.

2008 F. B. Wilderson Incognegro v. 217 His ubuntu kept him from being the first to depart.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ubuntu
释义	ubuntun. Brit. /uːˈbʊntuː/, /ᵿˈbʊntuː/, U.S. /uˈbuntu/, /uˈbʊntu/, South African English /ʊˈbʊntʊ/ Forms: 1800s– ubuntu, 1900s– buntu. Also with capital initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Xhosa. Partly a borrowing from Zulu. Etymons: Xhosa ubuntu; Zulu ubuntu. Etymology: < (i) Xhosa ubuntu, and (ii) the related Zulu ubuntu humanity, fact of being human, behaviour reflecting the human ideal < ubu- , class prefix forming abstract nouns + -ntu person, human (see Bantu adj.). South African. A quality regarded as embodying the various values and virtues of essential humanity, or of Africanness. ΚΠ 1860 Mission Field Dec. 80 One man requires truth, love, righteousness, in another, not falsehood, hatred, injustice; and this shows plainly what is ubuntu, the true, proper nature of a man. 1926 G. Callaway Fellowship of Veld iii. 25 To the Native the qualities which go to make up ubuntu, the qualities which make an umntu (person), are largely social. 1960 N. Jabavu Drawn in Colour i. 4 Africans who are inclined to the idea of ‘Pan-Africanism’..claim that black people have the quality of ubuntu, human feeling, and that white people lack it. 1991 D. Tutu in Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 26 May 2 It seems to me that we in the black community have lost our sense of ubuntu—our humanness, caring, hospitality, our sense of connectedness, our sense that my humanity is bound up in your humanity. 2008 F. B. Wilderson Incognegro v. 217 His ubuntu kept him from being the first to depart. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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