| 释义 |
Sotho|ˈsuːtuː|
Also Suthu, Suto, etc.
[Native name.]
A. n. A subdivision of the Bantu people which includes the Basuto and various other tribes chiefly found in Botswana and the Transvaal; also, the languages spoken by these people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this group of peoples or their languages. Cf. Sesotho.
1928G. P. Lestrade Bantu Tribes S. Afr. I. i. 14 There has..been..intermarriage between the Bavenda and the Basotho (there was a Sotho invasion of Bavendaland). 1928Africa I. 481 In reality there are two main branches of this group, Chwana spoken in Bechwanaland and the Western Transvaal, and Suto with its main dialects. 1929[see Nguni n. and a.]. 1936[see hill-culture s.v. hill n. 4 d]. 1948M. Guthrie Classification Bantu Lang. iv. 69 These radicals from Suthu. 1957C. G. Seligman Races Afr. (ed. 2) viii. 120 The Sotho..includes the Southern Sotho of Lesotho..the Tswana..of Botswana and western Transvaal, and the Northern Sotho..of central and northern Transvaal. 1977Times 7 Sept. 7/4 [The South African] Secretary for Information..gives the population..as..whites,..Coloureds,..Indians,..Zulus,..Xhosas,..Tswanas,.. North Sothos,..South Sothos, [etc.]. 1979Listener 25 Oct. 545/1 The text Modimo o Lerabu—‘God is Love’ in the Sotho language. Both Zulu and Sotho are used in the worship. |