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Aklanon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.
Noun
soso
- (anatomy) breast
Bambara
Noun
soso
- mosquito
Buhi'non Bikol
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.
Noun
soso
- (anatomy) breast
Eastern Bontoc
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.
Noun
soso
- (anatomy) breast
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
sṑsō m (possessed form sṑson)
- loofah, sponge
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈso.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozo
- Hyphenation: só‧so
Adverb
soso (archaic)
- Alternative form of su
References
- soso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
soso
- Rōmaji transcription of そそ
Karao
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.
Noun
soso
- (anatomy) breast
Maranao
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.
Noun
soso
- (anatomy) breast
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin īnsulsus (literally “unsalted”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: so‧so
Adjective
soso (feminine sosa, masculine plural sosos, feminine plural sosas)
- 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.
- bland, tasteless (lacking taste)
- Synonyms: insípido, desabrido
Derived terms
Noun
soso m (plural sosos)
- 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.
Pronunciation
Adjective
soso
- empty, hollow, inconsequential
- pure, mere, sheer, only
- (finance) free (no costs)
- naked, bared, dehusked
Adverb
soso
- in vain, for nothing
- 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
- ^ 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
Verb
soso
- to wash one's rear
Conjugation
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh