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Inja

Inja is a Nguni term for a dog.

Lo mjita yinja. This guy is a dog.

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Sgantsontso

Isgantsontso is a buff person, more like a sgora.

Nonsense, utsho ngoba sisgantsontso

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Agware

The meaning of Agware is meeting , an occasion where more than one person's meet for an important discussion

Let's schedule a time for our Agware

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Thesha

To work; To get up against all odds and stand on business

U Cisha no Gawst basathesha e studio;
Besithesha murtu e spani vandaag

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Stocko

The term refers to a woman or women who are identified as being available for the pleasure and entertainment of men.

John vul'igate, nasi istocko.
John open the gate, we have the stocko.

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Ityala

In Xhosa, ityala can mean multiple things.
1. Ityala can mean debt.
2. Ityala can mean a case (court).
So it all depends on the context.

1. Ityala lam lakwa FNB yi R20 000.
(My FNB debt is R20 000).
2. Ityala lam licinyiwe namhlanje.
(My case was dropped today).

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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.

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Skelm

A Skelm is a South African term for a tsotsi, rascal, thief, crook, all the baf things.

Get out of here, you skelm.

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Hhayi bo (haibo)

It is not Xhosa but Zulu phrase meaning to disapprove an act. It goes together with phrases like, kahle no, musa bo, woza bo, mana no, etc

Hhayi bo wnzani?

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Chankura

A slang term for money.
Can also be called amachankura.

I want to go out but the problem ke chankura.

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