CocoLopez@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoubuntu a granel (bulk ubuntu)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down10
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minus-squareXirup@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoWhat’s that supposed to say? Or what I’m not understanding?
minus-squareJudicus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoIt translates to “free of charge” or something to that end. Ubuntu is a Bantu (broad language family of about 600 African languages including Zulu) term meaning something like “humanity” or “community” Near as I can tell, Granel is borrowed from spanish and in isolation would mean “grain”
minus-squareSneezycat@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months ago“A granel” in Spanish means “in bulk”. It’s used when you go to a store and you put however much of whatever you need in a bag. Usually done with veggies.
minus-square404@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months ago“Ubuntu a granel” means “Free of charge” in Kinyarwanda (according to Google Translate). Edit to add: It’s spoken in Rwanda. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy
minus-squareCocoLopez@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months agoIt’s like “take as much as you want”. This was outside a minimarket
What’s that supposed to say? Or what I’m not understanding?
It translates to “free of charge” or something to that end.
Ubuntu is a Bantu (broad language family of about 600 African languages including Zulu) term meaning something like “humanity” or “community”
Near as I can tell, Granel is borrowed from spanish and in isolation would mean “grain”
“A granel” in Spanish means “in bulk”. It’s used when you go to a store and you put however much of whatever you need in a bag. Usually done with veggies.
“Ubuntu a granel” means “Free of charge” in Kinyarwanda (according to Google Translate).
Edit to add: It’s spoken in Rwanda.
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy
It’s like “take as much as you want”.
This was outside a minimarket