An exclamation used to congratulate someone, honour or praise someone or something, or to express joy or celebration; ‘Bravo!’, ‘Hooray!’.
Example
Halala, siyakubongela sisi.
A shortened version of "Undincamisile", a Xhosa term to express shock. Undincamisile can also mean "you have kissed me, you kissed me, s/he kissed me", which is not related to the definition we are talking about here.
Example
Girl 1: She has already moved on.
Girl 2: For real? It's only been 2 weeks.
Girl 1: Dead serious.
Girl 2: Ncmsl
A Northeast African country on the Red Sea with Italian colonial architecture and recent independence.
Example
Asmara, Eritrea's capital, is known for its well-preserved Italian modernist buildings.
Give me or pass me. It is a substitute for the word skyf. Pronounced as “Chair”
A word in any of the Nguni languages, a prefix for "I have"
Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th and 18th centuries
Example
Contrary to popular belief, Afrikaners are also Africans.
Egypt's sprawling capital on the Nile, home to ancient pyramids and modern urban life.
Example
Cairo's Khan el-Khalili bazaar has been trading since the 14th century.
Ngqaya is a term mostly used in Cape Town that means to buy.
Example
Ekse, ndifuna ukungqaya lewey.
Ekse, I want to buy this thing.
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