Example
My dad is always listening to Mbhaqanga.
Imbudlu-mbudlu is a Xhosa colloquial term for a chubby or fat person.
Example
Did you see him, yimbudlu-middle after he got a job.
Umdlezana is a Xhosa term for a mother of a new born baby.
Plural: Abadlezana
Plural: Abadlezana
Example
Unqabile because ngumdlezana kaloku.
Imfusi is a Xhosa term that refers to a person who is born after twins, i.e a younger brother or sister of a twin.
Example
He was born after twins, that’s why they named him Mfusi.
In Xhosa, umgqakhwe is a derogatory term used to refer to someone born out of wedlock.
Example
"Makungangeni mgqakhwe ebandleni likaYehova; nesizukulwana sawo seshumi masingangeni ebandleni likaYehova." - deuteronomy 23
"No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even down to the tenth generation."
Mkhuluwa is a Xhosa term for older brother. It can also be used as a respectful way of addressing an older man.
Example
Let’s go out, mkhuluwa.
Umkhwetha (plural: abakhwetha) is an initiate (a boy going through the circumcisions/initiation period) in Xhosa.
Example
Umkhwetha has to eat food without salt for the first few days
Homie, Dear or Friend in a South African Xhosa language
Example
You don't have to worry mntase, all shall be well
Short for mntasekhaya. A Xhosa term of endearment for family i.e siblings, cousins or even a dear friend.
Example
- Yho mntase, you should have seen the way he looked at me.
- Never let men play you, mntase. Banyise bonke.
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