English
Motswana
Motswana comes from Tswana Motswana.
- TswanamodernMotswana
- Englishearliest quotation 1969same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- TswanamodernMotswana
- Englishearliest quotation 1969same form
Earliest quotation: 1969, Bessie Head, When Rain Clouds Gather: “He said very carefully, ‘Most of the time we…”
Every English word from Tswana Motswana
Today it means
noun A member of the Tswana tribe of southern Africa, especially an inhabitant of Botswana; a Botswanan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tswana Motswana / Motswana