Batussi

/bəˈtʊsi/ noun

Definition

A traditional East African people or cultural group, particularly known from historical documentation.

Etymology

An ethnic or cultural group designation from East Africa, possibly related to Bantu language families; the spelling reflects historical English documentation of African peoples.

Kelly Says

Colonial-era documentation of African peoples often created spelling variations based on phonetic interpretation—batussi represents how European writers struggled to capture sounds and names from languages they didn't speak.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ባቱሲ
ba-too-see
ARالعربية
باتوسي
ba-too-see
BNবাংলা
বাতুসি
ba-too-see
CACatalà
batussi
ba-too-see
CSČeština
batussi
ba-too-see
DADansk
batussi
ba-too-see
DEDeutsch
Batussi
ba-too-see
ELΕλληνικά
μπάτουσι
mpa-too-see
ESEspañol
batussi
ba-too-see
FAفارسی
باتوسی
ba-too-see
FISuomi
batussi
ba-too-see
FRFrançais
batussi
ba-too-see
GUGU
બાટુસી
ba-too-see
HAHA
batussi
ba-too-see
HEעברית
בַּטּוּסִי
ba-too-see
HIहिन्दी
बातुसी
ba-too-see
HUMagyar
batussi
ba-too-see
IDBahasa Indonesia
batussi
ba-too-see
IGIG
bátúsí
ba-too-see
ITItaliano
batussi
ba-too-see
JA日本語
バトゥッシ
ba-tu-ssi
KKKK
батусси
ba-too-see
KMKM
បាទូស៊ី
ba-too-see
KO한국어
바투시
ba-tu-si
MRMR
बातुसी
ba-too-see
MSBahasa Melayu
batussi
ba-too-see
MYမြန်မာ
ဘာတူစီ
ba-too-see
NLNederlands
batussi
ba-too-see
NONorsk
batussi
ba-too-see
PAPA
ਬਾਟੂਸੀ
ba-too-see
PLPolski
batussi
ba-too-see
PTPortuguês
batussi
ba-too-see
RORomână
batussi
ba-too-see
RUРусский
батусси
ba-too-see
SVSvenska
batussi
ba-too-see
SWKiswahili
batussi
ba-too-see
TAதமிழ்
பட்டூசி
pat-too-see
TEతెలుగు
బాటుసి
ba-too-see
THไทย
บาตูซี
ba-too-see
TLTL
batussi
ba-too-see
TRTürkçe
batussi
ba-too-see
UKУкраїнська
батуссі
ba-too-see
URاردو
باتوسی
ba-too-see
VITiếng Việt
batussi
ba-too-see
YOYO
bátúsí
ba-too-see
ZH中文
巴图西
ba-tu-xi
ZUZU
ibathusi
i-ba-too-see

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