Sesotho dictionary

wagon - koloi (s.9) dikoloi (pl.10)
waist - letheka (s.5) matheka (pl.6)
wait - ema
wait ! - butle !
wait (cause to ...) - emisa
wait for (v.) - emela
wait for me (v.) - nkemela
wake up (v.) - phaphama
wake up (v.) - tsoha
walk (v.) - tsamaya
walked (being ...) (v.) - tsamauwa
walker - motsamai (s.1) batsamai (pl.2)
wall - lebota (s.5) mabota (pl.6)
want (v.) - batla
wanted (be ...) (v.) - batleha
wanted (v.) - batlile
war - ntwa (s.9) dintwa (pl.10)
war (at ...) - ntweng
war (in ...) - ntweng
wardrobe (<Eng) - wateropo (s.9) diwateropo (pl.10)
warm - futhumetse
warm (become ...) (v.) - futhumala
warm (feel ...) (v.) - futhumala
warm (it is ...) - ho futhumetse
warn (v.) - hlokomedisa
warn (v.) - kgalema
warthog - kolobe
warthog - kolobe-moru
warthog - mokgesi
was - ne
was hands (v.) - hatlela
wash (v.) - hlatswa
wash for (v.) - hlatswetsa
wash oneself (v.) - hlapa
washbasin - basekomo (s.9) dibasekomo (pl.10)
washed (have ...) (v.) - hlatswitse
washer (<Eng) - washara (s.9) diwashara (pl.10)
washing - masela
washing machine - motjhini wa ho hlatswa (s.9)
watch (n.) - tshupanako (s.9) ditshupanako (pl.10)
watch (n.) (<Eng) - watjhe (s.9) diwatjhe (pl.10)
watch (v.) - hlokomela
watch (v.) - lebela
watch (v.) - sheba
water (n.) - metsi (s.6)
water (v.) - nosetsa
water (v.) - nwesetsa
water melon - lehapu (s.5) mahapu (pl.6)
waterbuck - kgama ya matsha
watercan - kane ya metsi
watermelon - lehapu (s.5)
wave (v.) - kgwatha
wave (v.) - qhwaya
way - mokgwa (s.3) mekgwa (pl.4)
way of talking - mokgwa wa ho bua
we - re
weak (adj.) - fokola
weak (be ...) (v.) - fokola
weak (become ... from bad news) (v.) - sarelwa
weak (become ... from hunger) (v.) - sarelwa
weak (become ...) (v.) - fokola
weakness - ho fokola
weakness - ho tsherema
wealth - leruo (s.5) maruo (pl.6)
wear (v.) - apara
wearing (v.) - apere
weather bureau - lekgotla la bolepi
weather forecast - bolepi ba lehodimo
weave (v.) - loha
weave for (v.) - lohela
wedding - lenyalo (s.5) manyalo (pl.6)
Wednesday - Laboraro
weed (n.) - lehola (s.5) mahola (pl.6)
week (<Afr: week) - beke (s.9) dibeke (pl.10)
week (<Afr: week) - veke (s.9) diveke (pl.10)
week-end - mafelo a beke
weight loss - ho fokotseha
weight loss - ho theoha mmeleng
welcome (n.) - kamohelo
welcome (v.) - amohela
Welkom - Thabong
well - hantle
west - bophirimela
whale - leruarua (s.5)
what ? - eng ?
what is more - etswe
wheel - lebidi (s.5) mabidi (pl.6)
wheelbarrow (<Afr: kruiwa) - keribaa (s.9) dikeribaa (pl.10)
wheelbarrow (<Afr: kruiwa) - kiribae (s.9) dikiribae (pl.10)
when - ha
when - ke ha
when ? - neng ?
where ? - kae ?
where are you ? - o kae ?
whereas - anthe
whereas - athe
whether - kapa
which (relative conc.) - a
which ? (01) - ofe ?
which ? (02) - bafe ?
which ? (03) - ofe ?
which ? (04) - e ?e ?
which ? (05) - le ?e ?
which ? (06) - afe ?
which ? (07) - se ?e ?
which ? (08) - dife ?
which ? (09) - e ?e ?
which ? (10) - dife ?
which ? (14) - bofe ?
which ? (15) - hofe ?
while - e le
while ... Is - e le
white (01) (adj.) - e mosweu
white (02) (adj.) - ba basweu
white (03) (adj.) - o mosweu
white (04) (adj.) - e mesweu
white (05) (adj.) - le lesweu
white (06) (adj.) - a masweu
white (07) (adj.) - se sesweu
white (08) (adj.) - tse tshweu
white (09) (adj.) - e tshweu
white (10) (adj.) - tse tshweu
white (14) (adj.) - bo bosweu
white blood cell - sele e tshweu ya madi
white person - lekgowa (s.5) makgowa (pl.6)
white person - mosweu (s.1) basweu (pl.2)
white rhinoceros - tshukudu e molomo o sephara
who (relative conc) - ya
who ? (plural) - bomang ?
who ? (singular) - mang ?
whole - kaofela
whole - tsohle
wide - batsi
widow - mohlolohadi (s.1)
widower - mohlolohadi (s.1)
wife - mosadi (s.1)
wild - hlaha
wild dog - lekanyane
wild dog - mokoto
wild duck - letata (s.5) matata (pl.6)
wilderness - lefella (s.5) mafella (pl.6)
will - thato (s.9) dithato (pl.10)
willow - moduwane (s.3) meduwane (pl.4)
win (v.) - hlola
wind - moya (s.3) meya (pl.4)
window (<Afr: venster) - fensetere (s.9) difensetere (pl.10)
window period - nako eo ka yona tshwaetso e sa totobalang
wine (<Afr: wyn) - veine (s.9) diveine (pl.10)
winter - mariha
wipe (v.) - hlakola
wipe (v.) - phumola
wire (<Afr: draad) - terata (s.9) diterata (pl.10)
wire brush (<Eng/Afr) - borajthe ba terata
wisdom - bohlale (s.14) mahlale (pl.6)
wish (v.) - lakatsa
wish for (v.) - lakaletsa
witchcraft - boloi
with - ka
with reference to - ha e le
with reference to - mabapi le
with what ? - ka eng ?
withdraw from affairs (v.) - itlhohlora
without - ntle ho
wolf - phiri (s.9) diphiri (pl.10)
woman - mosadi (s.1) basadi (pl.2)
womanliness - bosadi
womb - popelo
wonder (n.) - mohlolo (s.3) mehlolo (pl.4)
wonder (v.) - makala
wood - patsi (s.9) dipatsi (pl.10)
wooden spoon - mpjhane (s.9) dimpjhane (pl.10)
word - lentswe (s.5) mantswe (pl.6)
Word of God - Lentswe la Modimo
work (cause to ...) (v.) - sebedisa
work (n.) - mosebetsi (s.3) mesebetsi (pl.4)
work (v.) - sebetsa
work for (v.) - sebeletsa
work of a shopkeeper - bovenkele
workbench - tafole ya ho sebeletsa
worker - mosebeletsi (s.1) basebeletsi (pl.2)
world - lefatshe (s.5) mafatshe (pl.6)
worn (is ...) (v.) - aperwe
worry - tshwenya
worthless thing - makolopetso
worthless thing - makwalepetso
wound (n.) - leqeba (s.5) maqeba (pl.6)
wound (v.) - lematsa
wow (expression of amazement) - au
wring (v.) - sotha
wrist - leqaqailana la letsoho
write (v.) - ngola
writer - mongodi (s.1) bangodi (pl.2)
written (be ...) (v.) - ngolwa
wrote (v.) - ngotse

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