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Sotho en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsutu/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.? Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Sotho motho Sotho -sothoder. English Sotho From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

Meanings

  1. A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).

Forms

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Soto alternative lexicographic
Suto alternative lexicographic
Sotho Number=Plur lexicographic
Sutho alternative lexicographic

Sotho en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsutu/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.? Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Sotho motho Sotho -sothoder. English Sotho From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

Meanings

  1. A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
  2. (specifically) Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho).

Forms

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Sutho alternative lexicographic
Suto alternative lexicographic
Soto alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Northern Sotho · Southern Sotho

Relateds

Basotho · Mosotho · Wiktionary’s coverage of Sotho terms · Sesotho · Lesotho

Translations (15)

ru сесо́то (Sotho language) · af Suid-Sotho (Sotho language) · sw Kisuthu (group of Bantu lects) · fi sotho (Sotho language) · de Süd-Sotho (Sotho language) · fa زبان سوتو (Sotho language) · de Südliches Sotho (Sotho language) · fr sesotho (Sotho language) · es sesotho (Sotho language) · sw Kisuthu (Sotho language) · de Sesotho (Sotho language) · st Sesotho (Sotho language) · ro sotho (group of Bantu lects) · ny Chisutu (Sotho language) · fr sotho du Sud (Sotho language)