moruti

English

Etymology

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

Noun

moruti (plural morutis)

  1. (South Africa) A teacher or preacher. [from 19th c.]
    • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 97:
      “It's my husband, Baas!” she repeated blindly. “We were married by the moruti.”
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