banto

banto

1. honey

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanto/

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Hyphenation: ban‧to

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

1. bow (decorative knot)

• bantkravato (“bowtie”)

banto

1. guest

   Synonyms: ana, ma'ana

banto

1. to invite

• bantu

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

• Hyphenation: ban‧to

banto m (plural bantos)

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

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)

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

1. (relational) Bantu

   as línguas bantas ― the Bantu languages

• “banto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua 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

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

bantô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

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

• palabnaw

bantô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. immigrant

   Synonyms: banyaga, dayuhan

• tabon, baton