Translation of white in Northern Sotho
white
yo mošweu
adjectivewhiter, whitest
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(with cl. 1)yo mošweu‘A White priest lives at the mission’ — Setaseng go dula moruti yo mošweu2
(with cl. 3, with cl. 1)wo mošweu‘The colour of porridge is white’ — Mmala wa bogobe ke wo mošweu3
(with cl. 3, with cl. 6)a mašweu‘The female dove lays two white eggs’ — Tshadi ya leeba e beela mae a mabedi a mašweu4
(with cl. 6, with cl. 8, cl. 10)tše tšhweu‘They are wearing black suits with white shirts’ — Ba apere disutu tše ntsho ka dihempe tše tšhweu5
(with cl. 8, cl. 10, with cl. 9)ye tšhweu‘He drives a white car’ — O otlela koloi ye tšhweu6
(with cl. 14, with cl. 9)bjo bošweu‘I always eat white bread’ — Ke ja borotho bjo bošweu ka mehla
nounPlural whites
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bošweu‘I often wear white’ — Ke fela ke apara bošweu