Bontle
Setswana for "beauty" or "beautiful", from the adjective stem -ntle, "nice, good-looking".
Meaning and origin
Bontle follows the same bo- pattern as Boipelo and Boitumelo, but here it sits over the adjective stem -ntle, the everyday Setswana word for something nice-looking or good, so together it means "beauty".
How to pronounce Bontle
| English (US) | BAHN-tleh /ˈbɑːntleɪ/ |
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