soso

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

soso

1. (anatomy) breast

soso

1. mosquito

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

soso

1. (anatomy) breast

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

soso

1. (anatomy) breast

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

sṑsō m (possessed form sṑson)

1. loofah, sponge

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

soso (archaic)

1. Alternative form of su

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

• osso

soso

1. Rōmaji transcription of そそ

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

soso

1. (anatomy) breast

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu.

soso

1. (anatomy) breast

From Latin īnsulsus (literally “unsalted”). Cfr. zonzo.

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

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^[1]:

     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

soso m (plural sosos)

1. blandness

   Synonym: insipidez

   • 2021 January 2, Claudi Pérez, “Salvador Illa: el triunfo de la sobriedad”, in El País‎^[2]:

     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.

• “soso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Possibly from Igbo sọ̀ọsọ̀ and Yoruba ṣooṣo.^[1]

• Hyphenation: so‧so

soso

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

soso

1. in vain, for nothing
2. only, just, nothing more, purely
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[3], 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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈso.so]

soso

1. to wash one's rear

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