Ikati ilele eziko

Top definition
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
Ikati is a Nguni name for a cat.
Example

Xhosa: Ndifuna ikati.

Zulu: Ngifuna ikati.

LinguistZA 13 October 2022
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