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Words tagged “poverty” (2)
This is a Xhosa figure of speech that describes hunger or poverty. It directly translate to "a cat is sleeping in the fire (cooking) place (or stove if you may say)". So the cat is sleeping where people are supposed to be cooking because there's no fire and no food to cook.
Example
Grandma had to send the kids back to their mothers because ikati ilele eziko.
MXhosa
•
18 May 2021
Sapa is the state of being broke or not having money or food at your disposal
Example
So finally Sapa don catch this guy
Guy sapa hold me like this no be lie
Christian
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30 August 2022
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