Sotho

English

Alternative forms

Sutho, Soto, Suto

Etymology

From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsutu/
Rhymes: -utu

Proper noun

Sotho

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

group of Bantu lects

Romanian: sotho n
Swahili: Kisuthu

Sotho language

Afrikaans: Suid-Sotho (af)
Chichewa: Chisutu
Finnish: sotho (fi)
French: sotho du Sud (fr) m, sesotho (fr) m
German: Sesotho (de) n, Südliches Sotho n, Süd-Sotho (de) n
Persian: زبان سوتو (zabân soto)
Russian: сесо́то (ru) m (sesóto)
Sotho: Sesotho (st)
Spanish: sesotho m
Swahili: Kisuthu

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Sotho terms

Noun

Sotho (plural Sotho)

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

Further reading

ISO 639-1 code st, ISO 639-3 code sot (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Sotho, sot ⁠

Anagrams

Hoots, Htoos, hoots, shoot, sooth, toosh

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