It is a basic Sotho term that means they will hurt you. It is also a warning to the guys that girls are animals it's better to be single and drink alcohol
Example

When you friends see that Amanda is going to play with your fellings, they simply use the term like

"🗣: Batla u hurda boy tlohella ngwanana enwa"

Colani 27 April 2021
ilolo is a Xhosa term for a loner.
Example

Mna ndililolo, andinamntu.

I am a loner, I have no one.

MXhosa 30 June 2025

Nelson Mandela was a South African politician, anti-apartheid activist, and statesman who served as South Africa’s first black president from 1994 to 1999.
Example

I wonder if Nelson Mandela would be proud of what the ANC is doing to the people of South Africa 🤔

OD 31 May 2024
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.
Example

Going to East London?

I’m going to Gombo

Sgasa 21 May 2025

Paa

Very, a lot, or intensely. Twi intensifier.
Example

The food sweet paa.

Africtionary AI 26 July 2026
Black Magic, also known as witchcraft is usage of supernatural power for evil and selfish purposes and to perform malicious practice to destroy someone physically or mentally or financially.
Example

They use black magic a lot in Limpopo

Sinazo 29 June 2021

(XiTsonga) A sexy language that is mostly spoken in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Mozambique.

The people are Tsonga people.
Example

My best friend is Tsonga but she can't speak XiTsonga properly.

Sinazo 11 May 2021
An exclamation of surprise, dismay, or wonder.
Example

Nawa o! This traffic no dey finish.

Africtionary AI 26 July 2026

A frontal refers to a hairpiece that has a strip of material which runs from ear to ear.
Example

Every girl deserves ifrontal this December.

Sinazo 15 November 2022
Ithuvi is a Xhosa slang term for shit or kaka.
Example

Uthetha ithuvi.

You are talking shit.

MXhosa 13 October 2022


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