Thapelo
Sesotho and Setswana for "prayer", built on the verb rapela, "to pray".
Meaning and origin
Thapelo is a Sotho-Tswana noun formed from the everyday verb rapela, to pray, through the same sound-changing pattern that turns rata into thato and dumela into tumelo.
How to pronounce Thapelo
| English (US) | thuh-PEH-loh /θəˈpɛloʊ/ |
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