Word of the Day [08 Jul 2026]

Nkunzi

Nkunzi is a Xhosa term for a male animal. It is also often used to refer to a person, obviously male.


Ndifuna ukuthetha inkunzi yebhokhwe.

I want to buy a male goat.

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!

Equatorial Guinea

A small Central African country with significant oil wealth and Spanish colonial heritage.


Equatorial Guinea is Africa's only Spanish-speaking sovereign nation.


Zambian Kwacha

Currency of Zambia (ZMW) issued by the Bank of Zambia. 1 Kwacha = 100 ngwee.


Kwacha means "dawn" in Nyanja, symbolizing a new beginning.

Klipa

Refers to R100 (One hundred Rands. One Klipa would mean R100, 2 klipa - R200, etc.


Guy 1: How much did you pay for a box of cigarettes during lockdown.

Guy 2: I got this 20s for 2 klipa.


Lekker

An Afrikaans word that has multiple meanings and which can be used in various contexts to describe many things from people to food to inanimate objects. It is used to convey the meaning of great, delicious, nice or fun. Make sure to roll the ‘r’ when pronouncing the word.


That new movie is lekker!

That bunny chow was lekker!

I’m lekker, bru!

Okpo

Okpo is a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment


I want go carry Okpo


Thungisani

What this other gender say when a guy buys them a lousy streetwise 2.


He took me out yesterday, thungisani

Phuza face

It's the face of a person who has been drinking for a long time / a drunkard. That face that looks like leather.


This person is old, can't you see that phuza face?


Mapakisha

A South African slang term for someone with a big butt or nyash.


I don't like squats cause I don' t wanna be a mapakisha.

A Reece

The king of South African rap, if not African rap. If you disagree with me, go argue with your ancestors. He hails from the great city of Pitori. He has the hip hop industry on his back like he is Quasimodo.


A Reece is the greatest rapper alive. He is the G.O.A.T!




© 2020 Africtionary®