aubuti, noun
/əʊˈbʊːti/
- Forms:
- Also abuti, aubhuti, and with initial capital.
- Origin:
- Southern Sotho, AfrikaansShow more Southern Sotho, from Afrikaans ou boetie, see ouboetie.
‘Brother’: a respectful term of address, used especially among Sotho-speakers when speaking to an older man; also used as a title. Cf. bhuti, ouboetie sense 1.
1990 M.L. Nawa in Staffrider Vol.9 No.1, 68Haike abuti Andrew, like abuti Benjamin Moloise, you did, what you did, because they did, what they did, to you.
‘Brother’: a respectful term of address, used especially among Sotho-speakers when speaking to an older man; also used as a title.
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