Qobelo

Iqobelo is a term that means something is real or authentic.

Come buy from me, I only sell iqobelo.

Tsotsi Taal

The term directly translate to "Criminal language". This is a vernacular derived from a variety of mixed languages, mainly spoken in the townships all over South Africa.

Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.

Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.

Mkhaba

A Zulu term that refers to a huge belly, mostly seen in tenderpreneurs. Sotho people can spell it as mokhaba.

Stomach in, chest out. Umkhaba must fall.

Kaffir

A racial slur that was (and still) used by racist whites to refer to black people in South Africa.

She got arrested for calling black protester kaffir.

Alostro

A SePitori term for nyaope withdrawal symptoms.
Drugs/Nyaope cravings.

Others are having alostro because of lockdown.

Dlozi

Idlozi is a Zulu term for Ancestor.
Plural: Amadlozi

I'm grateful for idlozi lami

Shiri

A bird

Hona shiri
Meaning: Look at that bird

Egypt

A North African country with ancient civilization heritage, the Nile River, and significant Arab influence.

We marveled at the Pyramids of Giza during our trip to Egypt.

Ingwa

Chalk

How many chalks do you have?
Ufise Ingwa zingahe?

Groove

South African slang term for the club, tavern, party, all the nice places.

I miss how groove was before lockdown.

Comoros

A small volcanic island nation off East Africa with Arab-French-African culture and fragrant ylang-ylang exports.

The Comoros is one of the world's leading producers of ylang-ylang essential oil.