Sesotho

American

[suh-soo-too, -soh-toh] / səˈsu tu, -ˈsoʊ toʊ /

noun

the Bantu language of Lesotho; Sotho.

Sesotho British

/ sɪˈsuːtuː /

noun

Former name: Basuto. Also called: Southern Sotho. the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho: an official language of Lesotho

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Sesotho

It means "forget me not" in the Sesotho language and is also used to say goodbye.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

But the way the picture looks typified another quality of his work, something Mofokeng has encapsulated through a word in his native Sesotho language: seriti.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2017

This tough-looking specimen is probably male, and has been named "Neo", which means "a gift" in the Sesotho language of southern Africa.

From BBC ● May 9, 2017

Berger named the site Malapa, a word that in the Sesotho language means “homestead.”

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 20, 2016

The queen took special notice of me and at one point addressed me directly, but she spoke in Sesotho, a language in which I knew few words.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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