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February 14th is Valentine's Day, a day to express love and affection. It's celebrated by exchanging gifts, and other tokens of affection. just a KAK day that I will never get to celebrate (ntozamashwa)

VALENTINES IS COMING , WHERE IS YOUR BF ? YOU'RE SITTING ALONE , LONELLYYYYYYY

by Annie raghu, 24 January 2025

Country: South Africa

Yena aya kwini

A Tsonga term that means "Where was he going", mostly used on social media when someone maybe gets hurt when doing something they were not supposed to do in the first place.

Girl 1: She broke up with that Xhosa guy, apparently he was trash.
Girl 2: I told her to stay away from Xhosa people. Yena aya kwini?

by Sinazo, 11 May 2021

Country: Lesotho

Lesotho

A mountainous Southern African kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa, known for textiles.

Lesotho is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 meters elevation.

by Travel Admin, 23 June 2025

Country: South Africa

Amasi

A Xhosa and Zulu term for thick curdled milk, also known as maas; similar to yoghurt. A traditional drink, amasi is now produced commercially.

Xhosa people would choose amasi over meat.

by Sinazo, 05 May 2021

Country: South Africa

Cherry

Cherry is a Kasi term to refer to a girl/female. It can also be used to refer specifically to a girlfriend

Ndikhumbula icherry yam ngoku.

by MXhosa, 24 January 2022

Country: Worldwide

HMU

Is an acronym mostly used in social media for hit me up (get in touch with me).

If you are looking to buy tickets, hmu.

by Skhokho, 10 May 2021

Country: South Africa

Utsiki

In Xhosa culture, Utsiki is the ritual where the bride to be (umakoti) has to eat a goat meat and drinks the sour milk of that particular family in which she is married to. It's basically the ceremony to welcome her to the family.

No one:

Xhosa girls: sbwl utsiki.

by MXhosa, 17 June 2021

Country: South Africa