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Sepedi, n. S. Afr.
Brit. |səˈpɛdi|, U.S. |səˈpɛdi|, S. Afr. |seˈpedi|
Forms: 19– se-Pedi, 19– Sepedi, 19– sePedi, 19– se-Peli, 19– Sepeli
[‹ Sepedi sePêdi > n. Compare Southern Sotho Sepeli, Setswana Sepedi.
Variation between the forms Sepedi and Sepeli corresponds formally to the differing modern orthographies used in South Africa and Lesotho respectively (compare etymological note s.v. Molimo n.1)]
The Northern Sotho language spoken by the Pedi people. Cf. Pedi n. 1.
1905Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 5 12 There are three main Native languages in South Africa: Zulu, Suto and Thonga; each has many dialects... In Suto there are three of them, Suto proper,..Sechuana,..and Sepedi of the Transvaal. 1941Bantu World 25 Jan. (Suppl.) 1, I cannot see why Southern Suto, Setsoana and Sepedi should be considered unifiable, whereas Xhosa and Zulu aren't. 1988Drum Mar. 29 Had I not been told that he was Allie Otto, I would have given him the traditional Sepedi greeting—‘warra’. 2001Weekly Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 20 Dec. He turned to her and uttered, in staunch Sepedi, expletives as though he had never seen the inside of a church. |