To know or understand something well.
Example

She sabi cook well well.

Africtionary AI • 26 July 2026
South African rapper and businessman, regarded as one of the best rappers in the African continent.
Example

Cassper Nyovest ke star!

Themba • 27 March 2025

Currency of Rwanda (RWF) issued by the National Bank of Rwanda.
Example

The franc replaced the Rwandan franc in 1964 after independence.

Travel Admin • 21 July 2025
Also known as SOS - Is a South African rapper who the current king of South African rap. He released his diss track called Ninyile that was dissing the whole SA Hip Hop industry and all these cats have been awfully quiet ever since.
Example

Big Xhosa dissed the whole industry except Big Zulu.

Danny • 02 May 2021

Ithuvi is a Xhosa slang term for shit or kaka.
Example

Uthetha ithuvi.

You are talking shit.

MXhosa • 13 October 2022

Rha

Pronounced (ggggaaah); this is a Xhosa term for β€˜ew’. It has many uses, for instance when something disgusts you or when someone says you and someone would look good together then you say β€˜rha’.

Synonym; sies
Example

*sees something very disgusting*

Me: Rha

Yongama • 30 October 2021

To leave or go; to move.
Example

Twende, tuko rieng.

Admin • 26 July 2026
onyanya is someone who is stingy with anything
Example

Peter okuna o onyanya

realmakoyya • 13 July 2022

Classy, refined, or posh.
Example

Her outfit dey tush.

Admin • 26 July 2026
Shona slang that generally refers to Zimbabweans, particularly in a playful or informal manner. It’s derived from the term β€œZimbabwe,” and is often used to describe Zimbabwean people as a group.
Example

someone might say, β€œMazimba anoda kuenda kuJoni”—meaning, β€œZimbabweans like going to Johannesburg” (often for work or business). The term is typically not derogatory but can carry a sense of national pride or identity in informal conversation.

N2k • 04 September 2024


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