Sesotho

[ suh-soo-too, -soh-toh ]

noun

1. the Bantu language of Lesotho; Sotho.

Sesotho

/ sɪˈsuːtuː /

noun

1. the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho: an official language of Lesotho Also calledSouthern Sotho Former nameBasuto

Example Sentences

The Sesotho language is one of South Africa's 11 official languages, spoken by about four million people in the country, as well as the two million inhabitants of Lesotho.

From BBC

The name is thought to come from "wafamola", a word in Lesotho's language, Sesotho, meaning "flaring" or "flicking up" of a skirt, a reference to the exuberant way women danced to the music.

From BBC

Ilola, a female, is said to have undergone weeks of physical therapy to correct developmental issues in her legs, and was named after the phrase “to become strong” in the Sesotho language of South Africa.

From Fox News

The word "nyana" is a diminutive conjunction in the Sesotho language, meaning "very small".

From BBC

But the way the picture looks typified another quality of his work, something Mofokeng has encapsulated through a word in his native Sesotho language: seriti.

From New York Times