soso

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soso"

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

Noun

soso

  1. (anatomy) breast

Bambara

Noun

soso

  1. mosquito

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

Noun

soso

  1. (anatomy) breast

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

Noun

soso

  1. (anatomy) breast

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sòː.sóː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sòː.sóː]

Noun

sṑsō m (possessed form sṑson)

  1. loofah, sponge

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈso.zo/
  • Rhymes: -ozo
  • Hyphenation: só‧so

Adverb

soso (archaic)

  1. Alternative form of su

References

  • soso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

soso

  1. Rōmaji transcription of そそ

Karao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

Noun

soso

  1. (anatomy) breast

Maranao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

Noun

soso

  1. (anatomy) breast

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnsulsus (literally unsalted).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoso/ [ˈso.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: so‧so

Adjective

soso (feminine sosa, masculine plural sosos, feminine plural sosas)

  1. dull (not exciting)
    Synonyms: aburrido, fome
    • 2021 January 2, Claudi Pérez, “Salvador Illa: el triunfo de la sobriedad”, in El País:
      En una de las calles principales, que se adentra en la localidad como un río ancho y oscuro, tras dejar atrás una iglesia austera aparecen algunos comercios, una tienda de cachivaches, muy pocos jóvenes: un pueblo soso o sobrio o sereno, como el ministro, al lado de una zona boscosa ideal para dar un paseo, para buscar setas, para pensar un poco.
      In one of the main streets that flows into the place like a dark, wide river, past an austere church appear some shops, a junk shop, very few young people: a dull village, or a sober one, or serene, just like the minister, next to a woodland ideal for a walk, to find mushrooms, to think for a bit.
  2. bland, tasteless (lacking taste)
    Synonyms: insípido, desabrido

Derived terms

Noun

soso m (plural sosos)

  1. blandness
    Synonym: insipidez
    • 2021 January 2, Claudi Pérez, “Salvador Illa: el triunfo de la sobriedad”, in El País:
      Es el triunfo —amargo triunfo— del soso, de un tipo que ha sabido surfear una ola salvaje sin que le devore.
      It is the triumph—the bitter triumph—of a type of blandness which has managed to surf a wild wave without getting swallowed by it.

Further reading

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Possibly from Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀ and Yoruba ṣooṣo.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: so‧so

Adjective

soso

  1. empty, hollow, inconsequential
  2. pure, mere, sheer, only
  3. (finance) free (no costs)
  4. naked, bared, dehusked

Adverb

soso

  1. in vain, for nothing
  2. only, just, nothing more, purely
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]:
      Kuljara va ju no habi bunne hudu, da buba soso
      Your canoe doesn't have proper wood, it's just sapwood.

References

  1. Norval Smith (2015) “Ingredient X: the shared African lexical element in the English-lexifier Atlantic Creoles, and the theory of rapid creolization”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 72

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈso.so]

Verb

soso

  1. to wash one's rear

Conjugation

Conjugation of soso
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tososo fososo misoso
2nd nososo nisoso
3rd Masculine ososo isoso, yososo
Feminine mososo
Neuter isoso
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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