Imama must be beautiful unprovoked.
Pronounced (ggggaaah); is a Khoikhoi word for βplentyβ or βenoughβ. Used in Xhosa as a term for βThatβs enoughβoften in anger and sometimes in disgust hence mistaken for βewβ.
In Khoikhoi: There is a river in the Eastern Cape called Birha. Bi is milk, and rha is plenty. Hence βa place of milkβ. Another use is in the Xhosa chief Gambusheβs nickname: Rharhabe meaning βMinister of Plentyβ.
In Xhosa it varies:
In a Dismissal Manner
Someone: Iβm going to out race you.
Me: Rha! That would be the day.
To stop a child who is hitting another child a parent could say βStop it. Rha! Thatβs enoughβ
In a Disgusting Manner
When a child see poop usually they used to say βRha! Pooβ
When people hear, smells, or see a disgusting thing they can say βRha!β
In an Elated Manner
A person recounting an exciting moment of thriumph can say βRha! I out did myselfβ
Feeling pretty? βRha! Iβm beautifulβ
I use my lepopotane for my side chicks, and I make sure I hide it inside the spare wheel so that my main chick doesn't see it.
Ndicela undinike umkhonto wam.
Can you please give me my spear.
Indeed that lad is a cotton-sangoma
You fam, the underground gang won't be happy about that.