Meanings
proper noun
alternative Sutho · alternative Soto · alternative Suto
- A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
- specificallySesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho
Broader
BantuBantoid language
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀
- Sothomotho
- EnglishSotho
From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.
More words from Sotho
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Suid-Sotho
- Suid-SothoSotho language
Finnish sotho
- sothoSotho language
French sotho du Sud, sesotho
- sotho du SudSotho language
- sesothoSotho language
German Sesotho, Südliches Sotho
- SesothoSotho language
- Südliches SothoSotho language
- Süd-SothoSotho language
Persian زبان سوتو
- زبان سوتو (zabân soto)Sotho language
Romanian sotho
- sothogroup of Bantu lects
Russian сесо́то
- сесо́то (sesóto)Sotho language
Spanish sesotho
- sesothoSotho language
Swahili Kisuthu, Kisuthu
- Kisuthugroup of Bantu lects
- KisuthuSotho language
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
Sotho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sotho
MLA
“Sotho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sotho. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sotho,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sotho.
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