A mountainous Southern African kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa, known for textiles.
Example

Lesotho is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 meters elevation.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

Manzi

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A girl or young woman.
Example

Yule manzi ni msee poa.

Africtionary AI 26 July 2026

Kokonsa

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Gossip or backbiting.
Example

Stop the kokonsa about people.

Admin 26 July 2026
Love
Example

Anondipa Rudo(She/He gives me love )

Scarboy_zw 28 September 2021

Another word for a vagina.
Example

I need to get some punani

DRex 24 July 2021
"Khongolose" is a Zulu word, often used colloquially, that translates to "congress" or "the ANC," which stands for the African National Congress, a South African political party. It's essentially a slang term or a nickname for the ANC.
Example

Phatha Khongolose, phatha.

MzansiEdits 28 April 2025

A term that is used to refer to light skinned people (mostly girls).

If you are a guy and someone calls you a yellow bone, then something is wrong my guy 😂
Example

We were just chilling and this yellow bone came in and everyone was looking at her. It was like a dream 😍

Skhokho 29 April 2021
A person with a pure soul and a golden heart ❤️
Example

She went to umfana today, she is not coming back.

Siya 19 July 2024

The down-payment paid by the groom to the family of the bride before they can get married. It can be in the form of money or livestock.

I believe they call it a dowry in other parts of the world.
Example

My family expects R200k lobola for you to marry me.

Mbali 18 March 2021
"A kere" or " Akere" is a commonly spoken interjection in Setswana, which often translates to "is it not?" or "isn't it" in short. It is usually placed at the end of a declarative sentence to turn it into a question.
Example

"Leina la gago ke Thabo, akere?" >> Your name is Tshepo, isn't it?

Mr Trends 19 July 2020


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