Vital force in Bantu languages denotes whole-being integrity, not mere body

Evidence

The Bantu will tell you that they go to a diviner to learn the words of life, so that he can teach them the way of making life stronger. In every Bantu language it is easy to recognize the words or phrases denoting a force, which is not used in an exclusively bodily sense, but in the sense of the integrity of our whole being. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 815

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows that Bantu linguistic evidence grounds vital force as holistic wellbeing, not just physical strength.