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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEKGOTLA

From Sotho and Tswana lekgotla courtyard or court.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LEKGOTLA

lekgotla  [lɛˈxɒtlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEKGOTLA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lekgotla is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEKGOTLA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kgotla

A kgotla is a public meeting, community council or traditional law court, especially in villages of Botswana, usually referred to as a customary court. It is usually headed by the village chief or headman, and community decisions are always arrived at by consensus. Anyone at all is allowed to speak, and no one may interrupt while someone is "having their say". In fact there is a Setswana saying that the highest form of war is dialogue. Because of this tradition, Botswana claims to be one of the world's oldest democracies. The custom of allowing everyone their full say is carried over into meetings of all kinds, from discussing a bill to a staff briefing, and can mean meetings last many hours. Kgotla can also refer to the place where such meetings are held. This can range from a few chairs under a shade canopy to a permanent ground with covered seating. In both senses, the term is a loan word in Botswana English from Setswana, where it means court. In South African English, a lekgotla is a meeting called by government to discuss strategy planning. The term is a loan word from Sesotho, again meaning court.

Definition of lekgotla in the English dictionary

The definition of lekgotla in the dictionary is a meeting place for village assemblies, court cases, and meetings of village leaders. Other definition of lekgotla is a conference or business meeting.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEKGOTLA


antler
ˈæntlə
batler
ˈbætlə
battler
ˈbætlə
butler
ˈbʌtlə
cutler
ˈkʌtlə
Hitler
ˈhɪtlə
kgotla
ˈxɒtlə
Koestler
ˈkɜːstlə
littler
ˈlɪtlə
mottler
ˈmɒtlə
nestler
ˈnestlə
Ortler
ˈɔːtlə
outler
ˈaʊtlə
rattler
ˈrætlə
settler
ˈsɛtlə
settlor
ˈsɛtlə
shuttler
ˈʃʌtlə
sutler
ˈsʌtlə
tattler
ˈtætlə
twattler
ˈtwɒtlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEKGOTLA

leisure time
leisured
leisureliness
leisurely
leisurewear
Leith
leitmotif
Leitrim
Leix
Leizhou Peninsula
lek
lekker
lekvar
lekythos
Lely
LEM
Lemalu
leman
Lemberg
lemel

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEKGOTLA

ala
Angola
Anguilla
bola
Cela
cola
formula
gala
Guatemala
Isabella
Katla
la
mala
pela
Sevilla
sola
stella
Sulla
Venezuela
villa

Synonyms and antonyms of lekgotla in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lekgotla» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEKGOTLA

Find out the translation of lekgotla to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lekgotla from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lekgotla» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lekgotla
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Lekgotla
570 millions of speakers

English

lekgotla
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lekgotla
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lekgotla
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lekgotla
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Lekgotla
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lekgotla
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lekgotla
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lekgotla
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lekgotla
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lekgotla
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lekgotla
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lekgotla
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lekgotla
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lekgotla
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेकॉग्टा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Lekgotla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Lekgotla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Lekgotla
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lekgotla
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lekgotla
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Lekgotla
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lekgotla
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Lekgotla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Lekgotla
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lekgotla

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEKGOTLA»

The term «lekgotla» is normally little used and occupies the 133.763 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEKGOTLA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lekgotla

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEKGOTLA»

Discover the use of lekgotla in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lekgotla and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Uniting a Divided City: Governance and Social Exclusion in ...
iGoli 2002 was a legacy of the various emergency committees of the Committee of 15, which at the end of its term of office proposed the appointment of a Section 60 Committee of the council, to be known as the Transformation Lekgotla.
Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw, Sue Parnell, 2013
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A Handbook of Tswana Law and Custom
Then they fought, and the girl knocked him with an eating-bowl. Masilo: There is the case, lekgotla. Habakuke (Ramodimo 's senior): Just as Ramodimo has been saying, in the same way he told me, so also did Sebele. Peo (a member of the ...
Isaac Schapera, 1994
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Customary Law Ascertained Volume 2: The Customary Law of the ...
1.6 Go lebega ga tsamaiso ya bogosi Lekgotla la batlhodi Makgotlana a banana, bomme le bagolo ba motse Lekgotla latsa semorafe Lekgotlana la agakolodi ba Kgosi M0kW8|BdI 1.6.1 Lekgotla latsa semorafe (a) (b) (C) (d) Maloko a lone ke ...
Hinz, Manfred O., 2014
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Enterprise development and community based natural resources ...
Mme H.Wilmot, mme wa mogwebi wa Maun, o ne a dira kopo ya gore lekgotla le seng la mmuso, kwa Maun, le le phuphamang le tsosiwe;. Rre M Kyriacou wa Bird Safaris o ne a bua ka botlhokwa ja gore baagi ba dikgaolo ba rutwe thata ka  ...
L Cassidy, M Madzwamuse, 1999
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Rites of Return: Diaspora Poetics and the Politics of Memory
These dialogues were held as part of Constitution Hill's lekgotla programs. Lekgotla refers to a practice of gathering villagers under a shady tree to address community issues. Drawing on this cultural memory and reference, Constitution Hill ...
Marianne Hirsch, Nancy K. Miller, 2013
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Proceedings of the Conference on Common Property Resource ...
Members of the Baga-Sekgalo lekgotla in Letlhakeng were not given any land of their own in this area. They have always cultivated land controlled by the Baga- Motsoto. 8. The area of the jurisdiction of the Letlhakeng Subordinate Land Board  ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Common Property Resource Management, 1986
7
Bo-tsotsi: The Youth Gangs of Soweto, 1935-1976
Along with Letsatsi Radebe, his neighbor, he set up a home guard and a residents' court; he called this structure a lekgotla, the Sotho word for a meeting of elders. Manthata used his base within the UBC to argue his case for the lekgotla.
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8
Traditional Cures for Modern Conflicts: African Conflict ...
The aggrieved person will state his or her case fully to the inkundla/lekgotla.2 The defendant is called upon to meet the accusations and witnesses are heard. Interrogations follow until the truth is established. Discussions take place and an  ...
I. William Zartman, 2000
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Projectmanagement op basis van NCB versie 3- IPMA-C en IPMA-D
LeKgotla In het boek Willem H.J. de Liefde, African Tribal leadership. Van dialoog tot besluit, wordt een vorm van leiderschap beschreven dat is gebaseerd op dialoog, open communicatie, collectieve besluitvorming en de basiswaarden:  ...
Bert Hedeman, Gabor Vis van Heemst, Roel Riepma, 2011
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Rethinking Global Urbanism: Comparative Insights from ...
The process begins with the first mayoral Lekgotla (a local name for a meeting) that is conducted before the budget is drawn up. The Lekgotla evaluates the previous financial year's performance and plans for the future. Taking stock ofthe  ...
Xiangming Chen, Ahmed Kanna, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEKGOTLA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lekgotla is used in the context of the following news items.
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ANC lekgotla to focus again on energy crisis | National | BDlive
A LEKGOTLA held by the African National Congress (ANC) this week will focus on SA's energy crisis, although problems in state-owned ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
2
POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: Nkandla again in the spotlight as MPs …
... with a recent High Court order and strident criticism of judges by politicians. The ANC will hold a lekgotla of party members on Wednesday. «BDlive, Jul 15»
3
Ba sekela serope
Lekgotla le sedimoseditswe fa bosekisi ba tlaa bitsa basupi ba le bararo. Tsheko e tlaa simolola ka kgwedi ya Lwetse e tlhola bobedi mo ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
4
Ba bokaa le Morwa ba lwela molelwane
... le se tota ba lelang ka sone, baagi ba Morwa ba tsweletse le go bolela fa Kgosi Segale o raelwa ke lekgotla la Kabo-ditsha la Kgatleng. «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
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Re itlhokomolositse banana – Magang
Ya re a ntsha la gagwe, Ngaka Ulrich Golaszinski o eleng Moemedi wa Lekgotla la Friedrich Ebert Stifttung Foundation (FES) mo Botswana, ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
6
Ba sekela go utswa dikhondomo
Go ya ka fa kgang e thailweng ka teng fa pele ga lekgotla, le le neng le tletse phetelela, basekisiwa ba lebisitswe melato e le metlhano ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
7
Segale o nakeng tsa Nare
Mme jaanong go hakgamatsa thata go utlwa fa jaanong e tshwanetse go rarabololwa ke lekgotla la kabo-ditsha, le a reng le lone kana le ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
8
Marikana is actually about 'stolen' land
Addressing the mining lekgotla in Midrand last year, Dlamini-Zuma reiterated the argument posed in a research report compiled by Oxfam. «Independent Online, Jul 15»
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Bashir could leave 'due to rejection fear' – ANC
... speaks at a media briefing at Luthuli House in Johannesburg, 28 January 2015, on its outcomes of its NEC Lekgotla. Picture: Nigel Sibanda ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
10
Modise o tlaa atlholwa kgotla kgolo
ORAPA: Modise Kgongwane, o emetse katlholo ka kgotla kgolo ya ditsheko ya Francistown, morago ga gore lekgotla la ga mmakaseterata la ... «Mmegi Online, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lekgotla [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lekgotla>. May 2024 ».
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