n.
Pronunciation: bä- ' s ō - ˌ t ō , - ' sü- ˌ tü
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Basotho also Basothos
Etymology: Sotho, plural of Mosotho Basotho person, from mo-, class prefix + -sotho, perhaps alteration of motho human being
Date: 1895
: a Bantu-speaking people of Lesotho also : a member of this people