Category: Languages

Ogidi

Ogidi means War, or disagreement


Ogigi: There is a Fight



Tsonga

It is a language


I speak Tsonga



impundu

One thing that makes men go crazy


Ndizthandela nje impundu
iDyan ayinophila uba ayityi mpundu



Fede

Fede may be used to say "alright" or "okay" and it is mainly used that way in the southern townships of Johannesburg and many parts of Gauteng.


Fede, I'll sort it out.



Mbususu

East Africa A vagina


Man, I haven't eaten a mbususu for a while



Hade

South African slang-term used as a direct substitute for the words “I’m sorry”. Pronounced as Hah-deh.


Big Bro: Who ate the mnyanelis I left in fridge?!
You: It was me big bro, hade.



Masandawana

A endearing term for the The best football club in Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club.


Yoh MaSandawana game gang. They smoked Al Ahly 5-2 last week ko Atteridgeville!



Pipe

South African
slang commonly used in a Hip-Hop context for Hookah Pipe or “Hubbly-Bubbly”


Hade Broer, can you skyf pipe there?



Broer

South African slang word for brother, directly derived from the Afrikaans language


You peep that broer over there? He makes nca music!



Isidubada

Isidubada is an informal Xhosa dialect where you add a “d” after every sound. For example “Molweni” would be “modolwedenidi”.


Zikhona Sodlaka spoke isidubada in an episode of Gqeberha the Empire.




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