The word "soothsaw" is spelled using the IPA phonetic transcription system as /suːθsɔː/. The word is a combination of two words – "sooth" and "saw" – where "sooth" means truth or reality and "saw" is the past tense of "see". So, the term "soothsaw" refers to a person who can see or predict the truth or reality of a situation. The word is not commonly used in modern language but can be found in old literature.