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Swazi
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swazi swázi
English
+ language
+ people
Alternative forms
en Sarawat Swati
Etymology
From en zu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from en ss liSwati.
Pronunciation
en /swɑː.zi/ /swɒ.zi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Swazi.wav Southern England
Noun
s *
A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
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Translations
person from Swaziland/Eswatini
Asturian: ast suazilandés m, ast suazilandesa f
Czech: cs Svazijec m
Dutch: nl Swazi m, nl Swazische f
Finnish: fi eswatinilainen
French: fr Swazi
German: de Swasi m f
Irish: ga Suasach m, ga Suasalannach m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb swazilender m, nb swazilending m
Nynorsk: nn swazilendar m, nn swazilending m
Portuguese: pt suázi
Romanian: ro swazi
Russian: ru сва́зи m, ru сва́ти m, ru сисва́ти m
Spanish: es suazi, es suazilandés
Swahili: sw Mswazi
Swazi: ss siSwati
Turkish: tr Svazilandlı
Zulu: zu iSwazi
person of Swazi descent
Dutch: nl Swazi m
Finnish: fi swazi
Irish: ga Suasach m, ga Suasalannach m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb swazi m
Nynorsk: nn swazi m
Swahili: sw Mswati
Proper noun
-
A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.
Translations
Bantu language
Afrikaans: af swazi
Breton: br swatieg
Bulgarian: bg сва́зи
Cherokee: chr ᏍᏩᏘ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 斯威士語 Sīwēishìyǔ, cmn 史瓦帝語 Shǐwǎdìyǔ
Dutch: nl Swazi n
Esperanto: eo svazia lingvo
Finnish: fi swazi
French: fr swati m
German: de Siswati n
Indonesian: id bahasa Swati
Irish: ga Suaisis f
Italian: it swati
Japanese: ja スワジ語 Suwaji-go
Korean: ko ^스와티-어
Ligurian: lij siSwati
Macedonian: mk свати
Navajo: nv Swáazi Dineʼé bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb swati m, nb swazi m
Nynorsk: nn swati m, nn swazi m
Polish: pl suazi
Portuguese: pt suázi
Romanian: ro swati
Russian: ru сва́ти m, ru сва́зи m, ru сисва́ти m
Spanish: es suazi m
Swahili: sw Kiswazi
Swazi: ss siSwati
Swedish: sv siSwati
Zulu: zu isiSwazi
See also
ss
Adjective
-
Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language.
Synonyms
en Eswatinian
Translations
pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini
Asturian: ast suazilandés
Czech: cs svazijský
Dutch: nl Swazisch
Finnish: fi eswatinilainen, fi swazimaalainen, fi swazilainen
French: fr swazi
German: de swasiländisch
Irish: ga Suasalannach
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb swazilandsk
Nynorsk: nn swazilandsk
Romanian: ro swazi
Spanish: es suazilandés
Swahili: sw Kiswazi, sw Kiswati
pertaining to Swazi people or language
Finnish: fi swazilainen
Irish: ga Suasach
Derived terms
en Swaziness
Further reading
1 ss ssw
ssw
en Ethnonyms Languages Nationalities Eswatini
French
Etymology
From fr zu iSwazi.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-Swazi.wav <<France>> (<<Brétigny-sur-Orge>>)
Noun
m +
Swati, en Swazi person
fr Ethnonyms Nationalities