A Xhosa term for cops or police.
Example

I have already called abakwantsasana.

Chief • 30 August 2026
Pere is the Xhosa term for a pear 🍐
Example

Ndifuna ukutya ipere.

I want to eat a pear.

Xhosa Nostra • 15 July 2025

is township slang for someone who once had money, someone who was spoiled by their parents/guardians
Example

You're cheese boy ya kgale because o bona masepa nou

Matomes • 20 May 2021
Former colonial capital with distinctive French-Creole architecture.
Example

Saint-Louis' Jazz Festival is West Africa's oldest music festival.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025

plug is a word used by Xhosa people that means HIV & AIDS
Example

yho njayam lawei ine plug

Inam • 03 November 2021
Chalk
Example

How many chalks do you have?

Ufise Ingwa zingahe?

thunday • 08 February 2023

A Xhosa term for grootman or just a man nje.
Example

Ayicatchi idyan. A dyan doesn't catch feelings.

DRex • 19 April 2021
Haganapayi or haganapie is a Xhosa slang word that means empty head or idiot.
Example

Don’t tell me about that haganapayi, azithi dadobawo pha.

MXhosa • 29 August 2023

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" β€œuGqoko” Mhlongo.
Example

Ziyahlaba izinsizwa β€œLUPHI UGQOKO” lwethu

Maskandi King • 05 June 2022
Thank you in Twi (pronounced me-daa-si).
Example

Medaase for the help.

Africtionary AI • 26 July 2026


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