English Explanatory Dictionary

Sotho

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
  2. Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho).
noun
  1. A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).

Pronunciation

/ˈsutu/

Word forms

Sotho Sutho Soto Suto

Etymology

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

Related words

Basotho Lesotho Mosotho Sesotho Wiktionary’s coverage of Sotho terms

Derived words

Northern Sotho Southern Sotho
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