Example
I was out with ma auti
irhem is a colloquial Xhosa term mostly used by ama dyan from East London (eMonti) to refer to sex or a vagina.
Example
Bendisitya irhem izolo.
A Northeast African country on the Red Sea with Italian colonial architecture and recent independence.
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Asmara, Eritrea's capital, is known for its well-preserved Italian modernist buildings.
The indigenous name for the City of East London meaning the new farming area or new development. The name was given by the precolonial Xhosas to the City following its establishment after the Sixth Frontier War. Today it is mistakenly pronounced Gompo
owing to the Christianization of the Xhosa language by early African converts writers who owing to growing up in mission station could not comprehend Xhosa properly and had a habit of changing the spelling of Xhosa words they did not understand.
owing to the Christianization of the Xhosa language by early African converts writers who owing to growing up in mission station could not comprehend Xhosa properly and had a habit of changing the spelling of Xhosa words they did not understand.
Example
Going to East London?
I’m going to Gombo
The mask wearing guy (Kwaito star), whom people say is DJ Sbu.
Example
They say Mzekezeke can be anyone.
Example
I would kill a nigga for oledi.
When a group of Maskandi Artists chants to see their King of Kings (Isilo) in the Maskandi genre. The current King of Kings is Dr Khangelani "DSD" “uGqoko” Mhlongo.
Example
Ziyahlaba izinsizwa “LUPHI UGQOKO” lwethu
A Hlubi word for you are talking nonsense.
Example
Me: Gombo means "a newly developed area. It is the name given by the Xhosas to the City of East London after its foundation in 1836"
You: That is gibberish.
Me: uyarhubha.
Inkqayi is a Xhosa term for chiskop. Like when you cut all of your hair (bald).
A lot of people misspell it as nqayi.
A lot of people misspell it as nqayi.
Example
Soze ndiphinde ndichebe inkqayi.
The most successful soccer team in South Africa (and most rich). It is nicknamed masandawana or kabo yellow.
Example
Mamelodi Sundowns is winning the league again this season, after snatching it from Kaizer Chiefs last season on the last game.
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