Category: General

Indlala

Indlala is the formal Xhosa term for hunger or poverty.
Also see Ikati ilele eziko

Indlala inamanyala and it can make you do anything.

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Mzukwana

Mzukwana is a Kasi term for the olden days / the good old days / back in the day.

I woke up and listened to Kwaito ya mzukwana today.

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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.

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Unotshe

Unotshe is a Xhosa interjection that means never or can be used as "over my dead body". It is pronounced as uno-chair.

I will not allow you to marry my daughter. Unotshe!

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Nyoso

Nyoso means Nonsense

Her: Nasty C is better than A Reece
Him: yinyoso yelo (that's nonsense)

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Derogatory

Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.

she keeps telling me I'm fat and she is always making derogatory remarks.

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Vaslap

Vaslap or vaaslap is a term used to refer to bathing cloth. You know that cloth you use when you are bathing.

I need to get myself a new vaslap, this one is too old.

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Street Champion

A street winner

Flex is The Street Champion

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Stop Nonsense

Stop nonsense ekasi are those walls that are built around the house (fence) mostly for security reasons cause you know how it is with crime in Mzansi.

They climbed the stop nonsense and stole the dog

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Asbonge

Asbonge is a Zulu term for "Let's give thanks" or "Let's be thankful"

Beke le beke asbonge bafethu.

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