Rha

Pronounced (ggggaaah); this is a Xhosa term for ‘ew’. It has many uses, for instance when something disgusts you or when someone says you and someone would look good together then you say ‘rha’.

Synonym; sies
Example

*sees something very disgusting*

Me: Rha

Yongama • 30 October 2021
Do not bore/annoy the person who is buying.
Example

Can't you see he is getting tired of your bullshit? Please O ska bora moreki.

DRex • 06 August 2020

Is a Xhosa term used when you don't know the name of something or the term for something. Can also be used when you don't know someone's name.
Example

1. I had that Mc nton nton burger from Mc Donald's.

2. Mr. Nton nton from school called again.

MXhosa • 16 May 2021
A Northwest African country with Saharan landscapes, Arab-Berber culture, and iron ore resources.
Example

Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital, is one of the world's newest major cities, founded in 1958.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025

Impama is a Nguni term for slap.
Example

Ndizakufaka impama

I will slap you

MXhosa • 06 January 2022
Touchline Operator, MBUZI.
One feels pressure when he is around
Example

“Dai man ke GAETZ“

letlhogonolo • 09 June 2021

Another word for bro popularly used in zambia
Example

Exeh you good

That gee • 23 July 2023
Apile is the Xhosa term for an apple.
Example

Ndifuna ukutya i-apile.

I want to eat an apple.

Xhosa Nostra • 15 July 2025

The word referring any form of educational institution, from pre-school all the way to University.
Example

Did you go to Sgela? Did you go to School?

Mntungwa • 05 July 2021
An East African country known as the 'Pearl of Africa', with Lake Victoria and mountain gorillas.
Example

Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is home to nearly half the world's mountain gorillas.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025


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