) -tho for 3. | 1. | a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Lesotho and South Africa. |
| 2. | any of the Sotho languages, esp. Sesotho. |
| 3. | Also called Basuto. a member of any of a cluster of linguistically and culturally related Bantu-speaking peoples of southern Africa, including the Tswana. |
| basuto | |
noun | |
| the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho; an official language of Lesotho [syn: Sesotho] |