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Meaning of "Sesotho" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SESOTHO

Sesotho  [sɪˈsuːtuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SESOTHO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sesotho is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SESOTHO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sesotho

Sotho language

The Sotho /ˈsuːtuː/ language, also known as Sesotho, Southern Sotho, or Southern Sesotho, is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages, and in Lesotho, where it is the national language. It is an agglutinative language which uses numerous affixes and derivational and inflexional rules to build complete words.

Definition of Sesotho in the English dictionary

The definition of Sesotho in the dictionary is the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho: an official language of Lesotho Also called: Southern Sotho Former name: Basuto.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SESOTHO


Basotho
bəˈsuːtuː
COSATU
ˌkəʊˈzɑːtuː
kohutuhutu
kɒhuːtuːhuːtuː
kutu
ˈkuːtuː
latu
ˈlɑːtuː
makutu
ˈmɑːkʊːtuː
manatu
ˈmɑːnɑːtuː
matatu
məˈtɑːtuː
Mobutu
məˈbuːtuː
patu
ˈpɑːtuː
ratu
ˈrɑːtuː
raupatu
ˌraʊˈpɑːtuː
Sotho
ˈsuːtuː
surtout
ˈsɜːtuː
tutu
ˈtuːtuː
utu
uːtuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SESOTHO

Sesostris I
sesquialter
sesquialtera
sesquicarbonate
sesquicentenary
sesquicentennial
sesquicentennially
sesquioxide
sesquipedal
sesquipedalian
sesquipedalianism
sesquipedality
sesquiplicate
sesquisulphide
sesquiterpene
sesquitertia
sess
sessa
Sesshu

WORDS THAT END LIKE SESOTHO

altho
Catho
Clotho
Lesotho
litho
metho
Mmabatho
Mosotho
Northern Sotho
photolitho
Southern Sotho

Synonyms and antonyms of Sesotho in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Sesotho» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SESOTHO

Find out the translation of Sesotho to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Sesotho from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Sesotho» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

塞索托语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sesotho
570 millions of speakers

English

Sesotho
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्लोवेनियाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيسوتو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Sesotho
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sesotho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেসোথো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sesotho
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sesotho
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sesotho
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セソト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소토어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sesotho
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Sesotho
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செசோதோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेसोथो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Soto dili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Sesotho
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sotho
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Sesotho
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sardă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Sesotho
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Sesotho
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sesotho
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sesotho
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Sesotho

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SESOTHO»

The term «Sesotho» is regularly used and occupies the 56.864 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SESOTHO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Sesotho» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Sesotho» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Sesotho

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SESOTHO»

Discover the use of Sesotho in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Sesotho and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
In the Time of Cannibals: The Word Music of South Africa's ...
Tubers originally imported by the French missionary Eugene Casalis but now gathered wild in the fields like greens are called litapole tsa Sesotho, Sesotho potatoes, though the word itself comes from Afrikaans aartappel (earth apple).
David B. Coplan, 1994
2
Kgoro Gr 1 Workbook Sesotho
4L_^A. Lengolo le sebedisetswa Founu e sebedisetswa Karete e sebedisetswa Mohala wa thekeng o sebedisetswa Dipolelo CDO CZ3 OQ AMBULANCE Na o ka hlalosa hore. Dipalangwang le Puisano: Dipalangwang le Puisano: Dipolelo.
Masita et al
3
Articles on Sesotho Language, Including: Sesotho Nouns, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
4
Articles on Sesotho Grammar, Including: Sesotho Nouns, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
5
Sesotho Grammar: Sesotho Parts of Speech, Sesotho Verbs, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, Source: Wikipedia, 2011
6
Sesotho Grammar: Sesotho Parts of Speech, Sesotho Verbs, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
7
Lexical Semantics and Deverbal Nominalisations in Sesotho: ...
Current approaches to morphology play prominent role in research on the semantic interpretation of deverbal nouns in Sesotho.Devebal nouns in Sesotho are morphologically derived by affixation.There is a morphological generalisation which ...
Pule Phindane, 2011
8
Articles on Languages of Lesotho, Including: Sesotho Nouns, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
9
The Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Annual Child Language ...
Noun. Class. Prefixes. in. Sesotho. Child-directed. Speech. YASMINE L. ZIESLER & KATHERINE DEMUTH Brown University Introduction The omission of grammatical morphology by children in the early stages of language acquisition is a ...
Eve V. Clark, 1995
10
Crosslinguistic Approaches to the Psychology of Language: ...
issue of how and when Sesotho noun class prefixes are acquired was the topic of a seminar Dan and I taught while I was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley from 1983–1985. Since Bantu languages have multiple singular and plural noun ...
Jiansheng Guo, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SESOTHO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Sesotho is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Sesotho Name Given to New Dinosaur from South Africa
Famous Dinosaurs of Africa Remains of a dinosaur, first discovered in the late 1930s near the Lesotho border, have been established as a unique species, and ... «Books LIVE, Jul 15»
2
Dinosaur in the closet
They named it Sefapanosaurus, after the word “sefapano”, which means “cross” in the Sesotho language. Krupandan said: “This find indicates the importance of ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
3
Sesotho name for dinosaur discovered in Free State
The Sefapanosaurus, from the Sesotho word "sefapano" which means "cross", hails from the Zastron area, about 30km from the Lesotho border. The specimen ... «News24, Jun 15»
4
Choral music maestro celebrated
The event took place during the inaugural Sesotho Literary Museum Books Meet ... It is said that they had powerful Sesotho lyrics which helped to promote the ... «The New Age Online, Jun 15»
5
Sesotho writer immortalized
Tseliso Masolane, the assistant director at the department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation and curator at the Sesotho Literary Museum (SLM), who is also ... «News24, Jun 15»
6
Nonn is gatvol! Is she paid for lazing around
She was taken off air five days after joining the Sesotho station following a complaint by some listeners to the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) ... «Sowetan Live, Jun 15»
7
Video of nanny abusing five-month-old Sowetan child released
She then roughly grabs the child again and places throws him on her lap where she pats his backside. "Sleep, sleep," she says to the child in Sesotho. She then ... «News24, May 15»
8
Shaka's Rise and Fall Retold in Thomas Mofolo's “Masterpiece …
Chaka is the first of many works of literature that take Shaka, the great Zulu leader, as their subject. Written in Sesotho in 1909 (though only published in 1925), ... «Books LIVE, Apr 15»
9
Lesedi FM listeners complain about presenter's 'English' Sesotho
Former Kaya FM radio presenter Nonn Botha has been investigated by the Pan South African Language board for apparently failing to speak the Sesotho ... «Times LIVE, Apr 15»
10
A multilingual Wits: Sesotho and isiZulu adoption
Wits University is tabling a multilingual policy that will incorporate Sesotho and isiZulu as co-languages, along with English as an official part of campus life, ... «Citizen, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sesotho [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sesotho>. Apr 2024 ».
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