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

• osso

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”). Cfr. zonzo.

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

• hierba sosa

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

• “soso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     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 person		tososo	fososo	misoso
2nd person		nososo	nisoso
3rd person	masculine	ososo	isoso yososo (archaic)
	feminine	mososo
	neuter	isoso

References

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