moruti

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noun

A teacher or preacher.

OriginSotho moruti ← Northern Sotho moruti ← Tswana moruti →
First used 19th c.Scrabble 8
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Meanings

nounmoruti (plural morutis)

plural morutis

  1. South AfricaA teacher or preacher.First known use 19th c.

    The Thursday past I saw Moruti KK. I laughed until I dropped on the ground.

    2011, Es'kia Mphahlele, In Corner B
    2 more examples

    One of the chiefs on his return said, 'Know, O Moruti (missionary), that I have not killed any man, and I ordered my son to let a woman go free whom he had captured.'

    1891, Sofia Bompiani, Italian Explorers in Africa, The Religious Tract Society, page 138

    “It's my husband, Baas!” she repeated blindly. “We were married by the moruti.”

    1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 97

Origin

  1. Tswanamoruti
  2. Northern Sothomoruti
  3. Sothomoruti
  4. Englishmoruti

From Sotho moruti, Northern Sotho moruti, Tswana moruti, from ruta (“to teach”).

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APA

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Chicago

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