Category: Food


A porridge made from milk and maize meal
Example

Please cook lehala for me

Small • 26 September 2026
It means maas a general , in Afrikaans as a well known word but it is milk that has been set aside to ferment and create this type of milk with curbs and it's severed with pap( known as phuthu in Zulu)
Example

Izolo ngidle indwambazingishelele

Lindokuhle Madonsela • 25 September 2026

Bread, especially loaf.
Example

Please buy me Senkoa and milk.

ReginaNdzo • 11 September 2026
A bompie is a popular, nostalgic southern African frozen treat or ice pop made by freezing sweetened, flavored water or juice in a small plastic sleeve or cup.
Example

I need some bompie for this hot weather.

Sipho • 08 September 2026

This refers to a chewing gum or bubble gum. It was borrowed from a popular brand by the same name.
Example

Can I have some Chappies, my breath doesn’t smell nice after smoking.

Brazo • 04 August 2026
Umratha is the pap
Example

Sabawa umratha

Pronunciation
by Anti Devil
Anti Devil • 29 July 2026

Intusi sisithetha-ntonye sobisi. Intusi is Milk in isiXhosa dialect.
Example

Intusi yesizwe isengwa ezinkomeni zelali.

Khingh • 21 September 2025
Pere is the Xhosa term for a pear 🍐
Example

Ndifuna ukutya ipere.

I want to eat a pear.

Xhosa Nostra • 15 July 2025

Apile is the Xhosa term for an apple.
Example

Ndifuna ukutya i-apile.

I want to eat an apple.

Xhosa Nostra • 15 July 2025
Dijo is a Sotho term for food.
Example

Ke batla dijo.
I want food.

LinguistZA • 11 July 2025


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