单词 | sotho |
释义 | Sothoadj.n. 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. 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