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