Onthatile
From the Setswana verb rata, "to love": "he or she loves me".
Meaning and origin
Onthatile is built on rata, the everyday Setswana verb for loving, reshaped here into a first-person statement that the child is loved.
How to pronounce Onthatile
| English (US) | on-THAH-tih-leh /ɔːnˈθɑːtɪleɪ/ |
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