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Sesotho|sɛˈsuːtuː|
Also Sesuto, Sesutu.
[Bantu, = ‘language of the Sotho’.]
A south-eastern Bantu language spoken by members of the Sotho people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1846J. C. Brown tr. Arbousset & Daumas's Narr. Tour N.-E. of Cape Good Hope xxiii. 251, I spoke Sesuto, a dialect which the chief of the place.., also understood. 1871J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River 492 They [sc. clicks] are found in other African languages, as in Zulu and Kaffir, and a few words in Sesuto. 1894, etc. [see kitchen Dutch s.v. kitchen n. 7]. 1916J. Buchan Greenmantle ix. 120, I spoke rapidly in Sesutu, for I was afraid the captain might know Dutch. 1939tr. E. N. Marais's My Friends the Baboons vii. 81 From the struggling mass there arose constant laughter, mingled with Sesutu curses of the grossest kind. 1953P. Lanham Blanket Boy's Moon iv. iii. 208, I am a Mosotho; I love Lesotho; I love my language Sesotho. 1975J. McClure Snake x. 138 Marais made a point of thanking her in Sesotho, the only Bantu language he spoke. 1980― Blood of Englishman ix. 86 Zondi was fluent in Afrikaans..and Sesuto. |