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Mpama

Impama is a Nguni term for slap.

Ndizakufaka impama
I will slap you

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Qhoqhoqho

Qhoqhoqho is a Xhosa term for the trachea (windpipe/throat).

Ndizakuqhawula uqhoqhoqho.
I will slit your throat.

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Qaza

Iqaza is a Xhosa slang term for a shoe or shoes.

Ndibone enye iqaza egrand eSportscene.
I saw these other nice shoes at Sportscene.

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Iyeza

Iyeza is anything and everything that heals.

Ina iyeza, sela iyeza.

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Umgidi

In Xhosa culture, umgidi is the ceremony that's done to celebrate a boy or boys (mkhwetha) coming back from the mountain (initiation school).

I can't wait to attend umgidi ka Boy

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Sibeko

Sibeko is a term that has been used to refer to a drunkard. This is due to a character from the famous South African sitcom, Emzini wezinsizwa, who was always drunk.
Now Sibeko is synonymous for drunkard.

Why did you give him money, don't you know he's a Sibeko?

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Kaka

Ikaka is a term that means shit

Uthetha ikaka kwedini
You are talking shit young boy

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Impandla

Impandla is a Nguni term for bald hair (when men lose their hair).

He's always wearing a cap because unempandla.

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Izinyanya

Izinyanya is a Xhosa term for ancestors.

Ndiyabulela kuni zinyanya.

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Unezothe

Unozethe is what Xhosa people say to refer to someone who is extremely annoying.

Yhu unezothe ke la bhuti.
That man is extremely annoying.

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