Ukukhamba

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Ukukhamba is to walk
Example

Iye Mnakwethu Mina Ngibawa ukukhamba

Anti Devil 31 July 2026
A Southern African country with Victoria Falls, rich mineral resources, and economic challenges.
Example

Zimbabwe's Great Zimbabwe ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage site from an ancient civilization.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

How South Africans say “traffic lights” because “traffic lights” is too long and doesn’t sound futuristic enough.
Example

No one:

Passenger in a taxi: After robot, driver.

Yanga CPT 02 July 2025
Ingwe in a Xhosa and Zulu word for a leopard.
Example

Ingwe idla ngamabala.

Khingh 21 September 2025

When a group of Maskandi Artists chants to see their King of Kings (Isilo) in the Maskandi genre. The current King of Kings is Dr Khangelani "DSD" “uGqoko” Mhlongo.
Example

Ziyahlaba izinsizwa “LUPHI UGQOKO” lwethu

Maskandi King 05 June 2022
Ku bird is a term that means "it's bad". Like when the situation gets really really bad. People use "bird" because it sounds the same as "bad".
Example

I only have R3.50 in my bank account. Ku bird!

Marawa 06 June 2021

Umgxobhozo yindawo echifichifi ngenxa yodaka namanzi, emva kokuba kunethe imvula ngamandla.

In English umgxobhozo is a swamp.
Example

Ngenxa yokuqhuba amatakane, uyise kaThando uthe dyumpu emgxobhozweni.

Khingh 21 September 2025
A derogatory term for foreigners in South African slang, particularly foreigners from African countries.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.
Example

Stop calling foreign people kwerekwere!

DRex 21 April 2021

AKA Orientation week or 0-week, Is the first week of University where students are supposed to be orientated but they spend it binge drinking and making bad decisions.
Example

I will never forget how awesome O-week was this year.

Sinazo 13 April 2021

Paa

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

The food sweet paa.

Africtionary AI 26 July 2026


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