Sothoadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsuːtuː/, U.S.

/ˈsoʊdoʊ/,

/ˈsoʊθoʊ/, South African English

/ˈsʊtʊ/

Forms: Also Suthu, Suto, etc.

Etymology: < Sotho -sotho, black, dark brown (self-designation).

A. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or designating a group of peoples living chiefly in Botswana, Lesotho, and in the central and northern regions of South Africa, constituting a subdivision of the Bantu group which includes the Basotho, Batswana, Bapedi, and other smaller peoples.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples

Xhosa1812

Morolong1822

amaXhosa1824

Zulu1824

Sotho1827

amaZulu1828

Amapondo1830

African1832

Matabele1835

knob-nosed1838

Manganja1859

Pondo1872

Bapedi1878

Ovambo1897

Tsonga1907

Venda1913

Pedi1922

Nguni1929

Lobedu1937

Mosotho1955

1827 T. Philipps Scenes & Occurr. 34 They belonged to the Ceuta tribe, a very formidable, but very distant nation.

1874 Athenæum 9 May 633/2 Herr Endemann, a missionary, contributes a valuable paper on the Sotho-Negroes of South Africa.

1905 Sc. Geogr. Mag. Dec. 630 The Sotho race comprise the Batlapin, Batalaro, Barolong, Bahurutsi, Bangwaketsi, Makalanga, and Basuto tribes.

1928 G. 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).

1936 Discovery June 179/2 This midden culture, which we call Sotho, differs..in nearly every respect from our Shona or Hill culture.

1976 M. West Abantu 119 The Tswana are Sotho and live scattered over a very wide area extending beyond the Northern Cape Province and Transvaal into the Republic of Botswana.

2000 R. B. Beck Hist. S. Afr. vi. 84 Gun possession was a sign of Sotho manhood.

2. Of, relating to, or designating the language of these peoples.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages

Kaffir1588

Kongo1597

Xhosa1812

Amapondo1830

Zulu1839

Sesotho1844

Swahilian1846

Kikuyu1850

Bantu1858

Fan1861

Amandebele1872

Nyamwezi1872

Wagogo1878

Lunda1879

Luganda1882

Sotho1883

Gogo1891

Tonga1891

Chichewa1897

Ronga1897

Bemba1904

Ila1907

Tsonga1907

Meru1908

Chewa1909

Venda1913

Lingala1922

Luba1922

Pedi1922

Nyanja1923

Nguni1929

Ndebele1930

Lobedu1937

Tiv1939

Mongo1961

Siswati1964

1883 F. H. Kruger Steps to learn Sesuto Lang. (ed. 2) p. vii It would certainly have been more correct to say ‘the Sōthō language’.

1901 G. Warneck Outl. Hist. Protestant Missions ii. ii. 217 Casalis, and Mabille..the chief collaborators in the translation of the Bible into the Sotho language.

1912 Internat. Rev. Missions 1 314 I refer to the Sotho (Sesuto) Grammar of K. Endemann.

1979 Listener 25 Oct. 545/1 The text Modimo o Lerabu—‘God is Love’ in the Sotho language.

2004 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. (rev. ed.) 576/2 The political dominance of Zulu..led to extensive Zulu influence on most dialects of the Sotho and Tswana group.

B. n.

1. The family of languages spoken by these peoples; (also) spec. = Sesotho n.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages

Kaffir1820

Swahilese1833

Sesotho1846

Chagga1849

Kikuyu1849

Mitshi1854

Manganja1859

Bantu1866

Kavirondo1870

Luganda1876

Sotho1876

Fan1883

Gogo1883

Lunda1883

Nyamwezi1883

Kioko1884

Barotse1888

Ganda1891

Tumbuka1891

Chichewa1897

Bemba1902

Nyanja1902

Rwanda1902

Lingala1903

Sepedi1905

Ila1907

Lamba1907

Chewa1908

Venda1908

Ngoni1911

Munchi1913

Meru1921

Yao1924

Lozi1937

Nguni1939

Ndembu1945

Mwera1947

Sango1948

Ovambo1953

Sukuma1969

Tiv1976

1876 Sat. Rev. 18 Nov. 645/1 The Sotho is a South African Language nearly akin to the Kafir.

1915 C. Meinhof & B. Struck Introd. Study Afr. Langs. ii. 30 Sotho,..a language extending over a large part of the Transvaal, and including also the dialects spoken by the Bechwana in the Protectorate, Cape Colony, and Orange Free State, and by natives of Basutoland.

1928 Africa 1 481 In reality there are two main branches of this group, Chwana spoken in Bechwanaland and the Western Transvaal, and Suto with its main dialects.

1950 H. Gibbs Twilight 34 The south-eastern groups have five group languages, Nguni, Sotho, Venda, Tonga, and Inhambane.

1959 New Age Dec. 6 Published in Xosa, Sotho and Zulu, the journal is packed with picture stories of ‘society’ Africans who have ‘made good’.

1979 Listener 25 Oct. 545/1 Both Zulu and Sotho are used in the worship.

2009 F. Ndhlovu Politics Lang. Zimbabwe iii. 53 Sotho is one of the few minority languages that were taught in Zimbabwean schools between the 1920s and the 1960s.

2. A member of one of these peoples.In later use frequently with modifying word, as Northern Sotho, South Sotho, etc.

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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples

Xhosa1801

amaXhosa1809

Matabele1823

Amapondo1824

amaZulu1829

Bapedi1835

Basotho1835

knobnose1848

Ovambo1853

Sotho1883

Tonga1891

Ronga1899

Venda1901

Pedi1912

Mopedi1928

Ndebele1930

Lobedu1933

Tsonga1937

Pondo1950

Nguni1957

1883 F. H. Kruger Steps to learn Sesuto Lang. (ed. 2) p. vii It would be more simple to speak of the Sōthōs, the Sōthōland, etc., instead of saying,..a Mosuto, the Basuto [etc.].

1887 Academy 26 Nov. 358/2 Songs of the Sotho,..and short vocabularies of two Bantu languages spoken in the Kilimanjaro district.

1929 A. T. Bryant Olden Times in Zululand & Natal i. 3 The natives of South-Eastern Africa we distinguish as of three separate families, which we call respectively Ngu̔ni, in Zululand, the Transvaal, Natal and the Cape; Sutu̔;..and To̔nga.

1957 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. (ed. 2) viii. 120 The Sotho [group]..includes the Southern Sotho of Lesotho..the Tswana..of Botswana and western Transvaal, and the Northern Sotho..of central and northern Transvaal.

1977 Times 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.].

1986 P. Maylam Hist. Afr. People 20 In the twentieth century the vast majority of African people south of the Limpopo have come to be classified under one of two broad generic labels—Nguni or Sotho.

2004 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. (rev. ed.) 576/2 Historically, the Southern Sotho are Moshoeshoe's people.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sotho
释义	Sothoadj.n. Brit. /ˈsuːtuː/, U.S. /ˈsoʊdoʊ/, /ˈsoʊθoʊ/, South African English /ˈsʊtʊ/ Forms: Also Suthu, Suto, etc. Etymology: < Sotho -sotho, black, dark brown (self-designation). A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or designating a group of peoples living chiefly in Botswana, Lesotho, and in the central and northern regions of South Africa, constituting a subdivision of the Bantu group which includes the Basotho, Batswana, Bapedi, and other smaller peoples. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [adjective] > Bantu peoples Xhosa1812 Morolong1822 amaXhosa1824 Zulu1824 Sotho1827 amaZulu1828 Amapondo1830 African1832 Matabele1835 knob-nosed1838 Manganja1859 Pondo1872 Bapedi1878 Ovambo1897 Tsonga1907 Venda1913 Pedi1922 Nguni1929 Lobedu1937 Mosotho1955 1827 T. Philipps Scenes & Occurr. 34 They belonged to the Ceuta tribe, a very formidable, but very distant nation. 1874 Athenæum 9 May 633/2 Herr Endemann, a missionary, contributes a valuable paper on the Sotho-Negroes of South Africa. 1905 Sc. Geogr. Mag. Dec. 630 The Sotho race comprise the Batlapin, Batalaro, Barolong, Bahurutsi, Bangwaketsi, Makalanga, and Basuto tribes. 1928 G. 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). 1936 Discovery June 179/2 This midden culture, which we call Sotho, differs..in nearly every respect from our Shona or Hill culture. 1976 M. West Abantu 119 The Tswana are Sotho and live scattered over a very wide area extending beyond the Northern Cape Province and Transvaal into the Republic of Botswana. 2000 R. B. Beck Hist. S. Afr. vi. 84 Gun possession was a sign of Sotho manhood. 2. Of, relating to, or designating the language of these peoples. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages Kaffir1588 Kongo1597 Xhosa1812 Amapondo1830 Zulu1839 Sesotho1844 Swahilian1846 Kikuyu1850 Bantu1858 Fan1861 Amandebele1872 Nyamwezi1872 Wagogo1878 Lunda1879 Luganda1882 Sotho1883 Gogo1891 Tonga1891 Chichewa1897 Ronga1897 Bemba1904 Ila1907 Tsonga1907 Meru1908 Chewa1909 Venda1913 Lingala1922 Luba1922 Pedi1922 Nyanja1923 Nguni1929 Ndebele1930 Lobedu1937 Tiv1939 Mongo1961 Siswati1964 1883 F. H. Kruger Steps to learn Sesuto Lang. (ed. 2) p. vii It would certainly have been more correct to say ‘the Sōthō language’. 1901 G. Warneck Outl. Hist. Protestant Missions ii. ii. 217 Casalis, and Mabille..the chief collaborators in the translation of the Bible into the Sotho language. 1912 Internat. Rev. Missions 1 314 I refer to the Sotho (Sesuto) Grammar of K. Endemann. 1979 Listener 25 Oct. 545/1 The text Modimo o Lerabu—‘God is Love’ in the Sotho language. 2004 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. (rev. ed.) 576/2 The political dominance of Zulu..led to extensive Zulu influence on most dialects of the Sotho and Tswana group. B. n. 1. The family of languages spoken by these peoples; (also) spec. = Sesotho n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages Kaffir1820 Swahilese1833 Sesotho1846 Chagga1849 Kikuyu1849 Mitshi1854 Manganja1859 Bantu1866 Kavirondo1870 Luganda1876 Sotho1876 Fan1883 Gogo1883 Lunda1883 Nyamwezi1883 Kioko1884 Barotse1888 Ganda1891 Tumbuka1891 Chichewa1897 Bemba1902 Nyanja1902 Rwanda1902 Lingala1903 Sepedi1905 Ila1907 Lamba1907 Chewa1908 Venda1908 Ngoni1911 Munchi1913 Meru1921 Yao1924 Lozi1937 Nguni1939 Ndembu1945 Mwera1947 Sango1948 Ovambo1953 Sukuma1969 Tiv1976 1876 Sat. Rev. 18 Nov. 645/1 The Sotho is a South African Language nearly akin to the Kafir. 1915 C. Meinhof & B. Struck Introd. Study Afr. Langs. ii. 30 Sotho,..a language extending over a large part of the Transvaal, and including also the dialects spoken by the Bechwana in the Protectorate, Cape Colony, and Orange Free State, and by natives of Basutoland. 1928 Africa 1 481 In reality there are two main branches of this group, Chwana spoken in Bechwanaland and the Western Transvaal, and Suto with its main dialects. 1950 H. Gibbs Twilight 34 The south-eastern groups have five group languages, Nguni, Sotho, Venda, Tonga, and Inhambane. 1959 New Age Dec. 6 Published in Xosa, Sotho and Zulu, the journal is packed with picture stories of ‘society’ Africans who have ‘made good’. 1979 Listener 25 Oct. 545/1 Both Zulu and Sotho are used in the worship. 2009 F. Ndhlovu Politics Lang. Zimbabwe iii. 53 Sotho is one of the few minority languages that were taught in Zimbabwean schools between the 1920s and the 1960s. 2. A member of one of these peoples.In later use frequently with modifying word, as Northern Sotho, South Sotho, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > Bantu peoples Xhosa1801 amaXhosa1809 Matabele1823 Amapondo1824 amaZulu1829 Bapedi1835 Basotho1835 knobnose1848 Ovambo1853 Sotho1883 Tonga1891 Ronga1899 Venda1901 Pedi1912 Mopedi1928 Ndebele1930 Lobedu1933 Tsonga1937 Pondo1950 Nguni1957 1883 F. H. Kruger Steps to learn Sesuto Lang. (ed. 2) p. vii It would be more simple to speak of the Sōthōs, the Sōthōland, etc., instead of saying,..a Mosuto, the Basuto [etc.]. 1887 Academy 26 Nov. 358/2 Songs of the Sotho,..and short vocabularies of two Bantu languages spoken in the Kilimanjaro district. 1929 A. T. Bryant Olden Times in Zululand & Natal i. 3 The natives of South-Eastern Africa we distinguish as of three separate families, which we call respectively Ngu̔ni, in Zululand, the Transvaal, Natal and the Cape; Sutu̔;..and To̔nga. 1957 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. (ed. 2) viii. 120 The Sotho [group]..includes the Southern Sotho of Lesotho..the Tswana..of Botswana and western Transvaal, and the Northern Sotho..of central and northern Transvaal. 1977 Times 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.]. 1986 P. Maylam Hist. Afr. People 20 In the twentieth century the vast majority of African people south of the Limpopo have come to be classified under one of two broad generic labels—Nguni or Sotho. 2004 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. (rev. ed.) 576/2 Historically, the Southern Sotho are Moshoeshoe's people. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1827
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