Sesotho

English

Alternative forms

• Sesoto, Sesuto, Sesutho

Etymology

From Sotho Sesotho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈsutu/, /səˈsoʊtoʊ/
• (native pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɛ̀.sʉ́.tʰʉ̀/

Proper noun

Sesotho

1. A Bantu language spoken mainly in Lesotho and in the Free State and Gauteng provinces of South Africa.

Synonyms

(language):

• Sotho
• Southern Sesotho
• Southern Sotho

Hypernyms

(language):

• Bantu
• Sotho

Derived terms

• Northern Sesotho
• Southern Sesotho

Translations

Bantu language

• Afrikaans: Suid-Sotho (af), Sesotho (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞索托語 / 塞索托语 (zh) (Sàisuǒtuōyǔ), 塞蘇陀語 / 塞苏陀语 (Sàisūtuóyǔ)

• Russian: сесо́то (ru) m (sesóto)
• Sotho: Sesotho (st)

Noun

Sesotho (plural Sesotho)

1. A member of an African ethnic group who speak the Sesotho language.

   Synonym: Mosotho

Adjective

Sesotho

1. In or pertaining to the Sesotho language.
2. Pertaining to the Basotho people or culture, or language.

Translations

pertaining to the Basotho

• Afrikaans: Suid-Sotho (af)
• Irish: Basútach

Related terms

• Basotho
• Lesotho
• Mosotho
• Sotho

See also

• Sesotho Web - Resource on the language Sesotho (also includes dictionary)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Sesotho, sot ⁠

Anagrams

• soothes, tooshes