CEFR Level
B2
Sesotho — Upper Intermediate Vocabulary
83 words
Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a timetse | Leetsi | To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist. | |
| 2 | aesekerimi | Lereho | A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured. | |
| 3 | alejebora | Lereho | ||
| 4 | apolokose | Lereho | A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin a… | |
| 5 | boitshwaro | Lereho | The ability to control one's desires and impulses. | |
| 6 | bokhemisi | Lereho | The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they u… | |
| 7 | botshehadi | Lereho | The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vest… | |
| 8 | demokrasi | Lereho | Rule by the people, especially as a form of government; either directly or through elected representatives (representati… | |
| 9 | dikgokong | Lereho | ||
| 10 | dimakenete | Lereho | ||
| 11 | dintsekane | Lereho | ||
| 12 | dipabala | Lereho | ||
| 13 | dipasepoto | Lereho | An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person f… | |
| 14 | diphuthi | Lereho | ||
| 15 | ditepisi | Lereho | A flight of stairs; a stairway. | |
| 16 | dithiane | Lereho | ||
| 17 | dithuhlo | Lereho | ||
| 18 | ditjhese | Lereho | Any particular variety of cheese. | |
| 19 | ditshephe | Lereho | ||
| 20 | ditshomo | Lereho | A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. | |
| 21 | faboriki | Lereho | A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. | |
| 22 | fenstere | Lereho | An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building… | |
| 23 | ho rapela | Lereho | An act of praying. | |
| 24 | iGauteng | Lereho | A province of South Africa. Capital: Johannesburg. | |
| 25 | kea leboha | Lehlapehi | An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given. | |
| 26 | kharavane | Lereho | A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary. | |
| 27 | khomputa | Lereho | A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can… | |
| 28 | kilogeramo | Lereho | In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now def… | |
| 29 | koere koere | Lereho | ||
| 30 | konkleifi | Lereho | The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place. | |
| 31 | kwere kwere | Lereho | ||
| 32 | lebenkele | Lereho | An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual esta… | |
| 33 | lehwetla | Lereho | ||
| 34 | leselamose | Lehlaodi | Being or relating to a believer of Islam. | |
| 35 | mahlabula | Lereho | ||
| 36 | mahwetla | Lereho | ||
| 37 | makenete | Lereho | ||
| 38 | marenene Searabia | Lereho | An edible substance taken from one of two species of sub-Saharan acacia trees, Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal, us… | |
| 39 | metlapasi | Lereho | ||
| 40 | metlathomo | Lereho | ||
| 41 | moeletsi | Lereho | One who offers advice. | |
| 42 | mofihlolo | Lereho | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. | |
| 43 | moprista | Lereho | A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple… | |
| 44 | moselamose | Lereho | A person who is a follower and believer of Islam. | |
| 45 | mosenate | Lereho | A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures… | |
| 46 | moshemane | Lereho | A male child. | |
| 47 | mothapeli | Lereho | One who prays. | |
| 48 | motlakase | Lereho | Electrical energy, as supplied by power stations or generators. | |
| 49 | motlapasi | Lereho | ||
| 50 | motlathomo | Lereho | ||
| 51 | motokara | Lereho | … | |
| 52 | no. (nomora) | Lereho | Abbreviation of number. | |
| 53 | ntsekane | Lereho | ||
| 54 | pidipidi | Lereho | An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet. | |
| 55 | radibuka | Lereho | One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer. | |
| 56 | rameriana | Lereho | A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs. | |
| 57 | sala hantle | Lehlapehi | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. | |
| 58 | sebapadi | Lereho | A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. | |
| 59 | sefofane | Lereho | A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings. | |
| 60 | segôtêtši | Lereho | A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes. | |
| 61 | sehlooho | Lereho | Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest. | |
| 62 | seketswana | Lereho | A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, pr… | |
| 63 | sepetlele | Lereho | A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given… | |
| 64 | seqhobane | Lereho | A mythical human of very great size. | |
| 65 | seqhotsisi | Lereho | An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs. | |
| 66 | sesitisa | Lereho | Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction. | |
| 67 | sešupanako | Lereho | A time clock. | |
| 68 | seteraeka | Leetsi | To take down, especially in the following contexts. | |
| 69 | seteraeke | Lereho | A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest. | |
| 70 | seterata | Lereho | A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now… | |
| 71 | sethotsela | Lereho | A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own. | |
| 72 | setshosa | Lereho | An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating cro… | |
| 73 | sororomele | Lereho | A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colo… | |
| 74 | sosobana | Leetsi | To have a frown on one's face. | |
| 75 | tjhipise | Lereho | Strips of potato that have been deep-fried. | |
| 76 | tsamaya hantle | Lehlapehi | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. | |
| 77 | tsela tsweu | Lehlapehi | Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction. | |
| 78 | tshekamelo | Lereho | A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour. | |
| 79 | tshelela | Lehlaodi | ||
| 80 | tshokolete | Lereho | A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans. | |
| 81 | tsoseletso | Lereho | The period of this revival, typically lasting from the late 14th to the late 16th centuries; the transition from medieva… | |
| 82 | websaete | Lereho | A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and res… | |
| 83 | yunibesiti | Lereho | An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degree… |