tsela
Sesotho word (South African orthography): tsela
Sesotho word (Lesotho orthography): tsela
Noun class: 9
Subject concord: e
English translation: road
Derivative(s)/Related word(s): ditsela (plural)
Example of usage: tsela tsweu (Good luck. Literally: 'white road')
Similar words:
Demonstrative pronoun
Demonstrative pronouns indicates the position of something in relation to a speaker (or writer). There are 3 positions (with two forms) usually translated as "here", "there" and "yonder". These pronouns are determined by the noun class.
| Class | Subject concord |
Here | There | Yonder | |||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | o | enwa | eo | eno | eo | yane | elwa |
| 1a | ba | bana | baa | bano | bao | bane | bale |
| 2 | o | enwa | eo | eno | eo | yane | elwa |
| 2a | ba | bana | baa | bano | bao | bane | bale |
| 3 | o | ona | oo | ono | oo | wane | ola |
| 4 | e | ena | ee | eno | eo | yane | ela |
| 5 | le | lena | lee | leno | leo | lane | lela |
| 6 | a | ana | aa | ano | ao | ane | ale |
| 7 | se | sena | see | seno | seo | sane | sela |
| 8 | di | tsena | tsee | tseno | tseo | tsane | tsela |
| 9 | e | ena | ee | eno | eo | yane | ela |
| 10 | di | tsena | tsee | tseno | tseo | tsane | tsela |
| 14 | bo | bona | boo | bono | boo | bane | bola |
| 15 | ho | hona | hoo | hono | hoo | hane | hola |
Sesotho word (South African orthography): Tsela
Sesotho word (Lesotho orthography):
Male Basotho name - (lebitso)
English translation: Path