A small island nation in the Gulf of Guinea with Portuguese heritage and cocoa production.
Example

São Tomé and Príncipe is Africa's second smallest country by population.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025
Inyathi is a Xhosa and Zulu word for a buffalo.
Example

Inyathi ibuzwa kwabayaziyo.

Khingh • 21 September 2025

Mama is a term used to refer to a mother.
Example

Mama I love you.

Siya • 13 June 2024
Sinister or scary in a way that causes fear and unease.
Example

The way you look at her, that's bookie bro.

Ken • 04 August 2026

When you are almost broke, you are only left with money to survive for less than a week.
Example

I can't go out today, I'm in a financial comma, and I'm only getting paid next week.

DRex • 16 July 2020
Another name (Nickname) for the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Example

I got rejected at Tuks so I will apply at TUT.

Varsity Dude • 21 April 2021

Ikaka is a Xhosa term for shit or feces.
Example

Uthetha Ikaka.

You are talking shit.

MXhosa • 13 October 2022
Gossip or backbiting.
Example

Stop the kokonsa about people.

Admin • 26 July 2026

A Southeast African country with Indian Ocean coastline, recovering from civil war and rich in gas.
Example

Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago is known for its pristine beaches and diving.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025
Another word for sex. It is called tlof tlof because of the sounds during sex.
Example

He started crying during tlof tlof.

Skhokho • 30 April 2021


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