"Sotho" meaning in English

See Sotho in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈsutu/
Rhymes: -utu Etymology: From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho Etymology templates: {{der|en|st|-}} Sotho, {{der|en|st|-sotho}} Sotho -sotho, {{der|en|st|motho}} Sotho motho Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sotho
  1. A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia. Categories (topical): Languages Translations (group of Bantu lects): sotho [neuter] (Romanian), Kisuthu (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-Sotho-en-name-Fv6rFjh3 Disambiguation of 'group of Bantu lects': 79 21
  2. (specifically) Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho). Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Sutho, Soto, Suto Derived forms: Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho Related terms: Basotho, Lesotho, Mosotho, Sesotho, Wiktionary’s coverage of Sotho terms Translations (Sotho language): Suid-Sotho (Afrikaans), Chisutu (Chichewa), sotho (Finnish), sotho du Sud [masculine] (French), sesotho [masculine] (French), Sesotho [neuter] (German), Südliches Sotho [neuter] (German), Süd-Sotho [neuter] (German), زبان سوتو (zabân soto) (Persian), сесо́то (sesóto) [masculine] (Russian), Sesotho (Sotho), sesotho [masculine] (Spanish), Kisuthu (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-Sotho-en-name-IXrvRHiX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 78 3 Disambiguation of 'Sotho language': 12 88

Noun

IPA: /ˈsutu/ Forms: Sotho [plural]
Rhymes: -utu Etymology: From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho Etymology templates: {{der|en|st|-}} Sotho, {{der|en|st|-sotho}} Sotho -sotho, {{der|en|st|motho}} Sotho motho Head templates: {{en-noun|Sotho}} Sotho (plural Sotho)
  1. A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”). Categories (topical): Nationalities
    Sense id: en-Sotho-en-noun-2hJ-2wT5

Alternative forms

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