Sotho

//ˈsutu// name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
  2. 2
    Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho). specifically
Noun
  1. 1
    A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).
  2. 2
    any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

Etymology 2

From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

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