Tsekeni is a slang zulu word for a beautiful woman. Often used in Kwa-Zulu Natal
Bafo uyali bona leli tsekeni eligqoke icrop top.
I’m Xhosa, isidovela is a meal where rice is cooked with potatoes in the same pot. You mix it until it kinda looks like pap. You also have to add Spice for rice or Rajah to make it yellow.
Today I am cooking isidovela.
Xhosa plural for a chief’s counsellors. The singular is ipakati. From pachatu an ancient Babylonia word for governor.
My ancestors were amapakati of Chief Ngqika.
1. Refers to a stupid/childish person.
"ejoh wena o slatsa!" "bro you're stupid"
A West African country known as the birthplace of voodoo, with historical kingdoms and growing cotton industry.
We studied the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey in what is now modern Benin.
Impama is a Nguni term for slap.
Ndizakufaka impama I will slap you
Limpopo people's favourite food, made from maize meal.
We need more pap for the braai.
Xokshame is a Xhosa social media slang term for "I am joking / I am lying".
I hate my ex girlfriend. Lol xokshame.
Also known as Pretoria. This is the capital city of South Africa. The people of this city speak what they call SePitori.
I know I'm a dick, akere I'm from Pitori.
Hero is a Xhosa term for a homeless person.
Did you see Thabo left home, ngu bherhi ngoku.
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