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Ityala

In Xhosa, ityala can mean multiple things.
1. Ityala can mean debt.
2. Ityala can mean a case (court).
So it all depends on the context.

1. Ityala lam lakwa FNB yi R20 000.
(My FNB debt is R20 000).
2. Ityala lam licinyiwe namhlanje.
(My case was dropped today).

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Kula

Ikula is an offensive term used to refer to Indian people.

He speaks like that because he is dating ikula.

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Nongogo

Nongogo is a vulgar Xhosa term that means a whore.

Ndipeyile namhlanje, I should get unongogo.

I got paid today, I should get a whore.

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Dyani

Is Xhosa word to categorise Xhosa men abaculelwa uSomagwaza who went to Initiation school apart from boys & men from other tribes.

I'm a Xhosa Dyani✓✓✓

(I'm a Hlubi/Sotho or Zulu Dyani) Hai ninganya minqundu

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Bobo

Bobo is a Liberian slang term for a deaf person or even a senseless person.

Small more, you will be bobo.

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Cupcake

The nickname for the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa.

Cupcake is opening the country again.

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Mamboyi

Mamboyi is a colloquial term for alcoholic beverage, Old Buck.

I only drink Mamboyi when I’m in the bundus.

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Nqanqatheka

Ukunqanqatheka is a Xhosa term for cigarette or tobacco cravings.
When one is craving a cigarette, we say unqanqathekile, or s/he will say ndinqanqathekile.

The way ndinqanqatheke ngayo you'd swear I didn't just smoke now.

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Amarherheba

A South African slang term for money.

I can’t wait to get amarherheba month end.

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Spaza

Not to be confused with Spaza shop... Is the name used to refer to Xhosa rap or Xhosa hip hop. It is not clear how the name went from being a kasi shop to a music genre.

You know guys from cape Town like listening to Spaza music.

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