a e tle ka disiti: money must be collected seat by seat
babelas: hangover bogadi: in-lawsโ home bona: look
buti: brother
C D
chakalaka: spicy salad
dikgwatla: cow feet donner: beat
gabotse botse: clearly go padile: itโs hopeless goring? How are you?
inyanga: traditional healer/doctor
ke mathata: itโs a problem
khotsi a Tshiandze: father of Tshiandze khotsimuhulu: uncle
koko: grandmother
lefetwa: spinster lekgowa: white person lekwerekwere: foreigner lobola: bride price
magogo: old lady
magolistos: 750 ml beer bottles makhelwani: neighbour makoti: daughter-in-law mala: chicken intestines malome: uncle
mamela: listen
mazwale: daughter-in-law
meerkat: mammal belonging to the mongoose family mma: mother
Modjadji: a rural girl (slang) mogodu: cow or sheep stomach mokgonyana: son-in-law mokhaba: potbelly or big stomach
Mokokoroshi: Cornish-like chickens mos: indeed
moroho: cooked pumpkin leaves mutuku: sour porridge
ndaah: hello
ngwana mma: my sister ngwanaka: my child
ntepa: traditional underwear with only a string at the back
nyatsi: girlfriend of a married man
padkos: food for a journey pap: maize porridge plaasjapie: rural person
rondawels: thatched huts
sesi: sister
skheberesh: loose woman sjambok: heavy leather whip
straatmeisie: a prostitute or ill-mannered, loose girl (slang)
theetsa: listen
tickiline: loose, undisciplined girl tini: sour porridge
tshotsho: kickback
unjani wena? What kind of person are you? uphilile? How are you?
W wena: you