Shiri

A bird


Hona shiri
Meaning: Look at that bird



Imedi

Imedi is a term, mostly used in Cape Town to refer to a girl or girlfriend.


Ndiyayithanda imedi yam bro.
I love my girlfriend bro



South Ah

Another slang term for South Africa, mostly used in Social Media.


Twitter post caption: It can only be South Ah



Bliksem

To hit someone to a pulp.


Don't try me, I will bliksem you.



Agang

Agang is a Tswana verb that means build


In Tswana
- Agang ntlo.
In English
- Build a house.



Toti

Itoti is a general term for a can or tin. It can be a can of beer, food or whatever, as long as it's a can you can call it itoti.


I stopped drinking ngud, I only drink itoti now.



Klipa

Refers to R100 (One hundred Rands. One Klipa would mean R100, 2 klipa - R200, etc.


Guy 1: How much did you pay for a box of cigarettes during lockdown.

Guy 2: I got this 20s for 2 klipa.



Isichitho

isichitho is curse or spell that is made by people using a muthi to make a divisions in a relationship, sometimes families, by making a victim unattractive and annoying.


They tried to use isichitho to make my boyfriend dump me.



Fokkerkie

Fokkerkie is basically a small fokker


Daai Steve is OK maar 'n fokkerkie
Translation: that guy Steve is a real small fuck



Ekurhuleni

Ekurhuleni is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, a large suburban region east of Johannesburg. Ekurhuleni means "place of peace" in XiTsonga.


I prefer Ekurhuleni over City of Johannesburg.




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