Makoer is directly translated from Afrikaans to English someone who is a domesticated asshole, essentially it means your a special kind of asshole
Example

Afr: Daai makmoer moet my nie plaa nie-

Eng: that asshole shouldn't bother me

Tead jeffrey • 04 June 2025

Ntu

Ntu means a human being and it emphasises that there is spirit of oneness and harmony among people and nature.
Example

Funda ukuphilisana na-ba-ntu

Mfanelo • 29 December 2022

Johannesburg also known informally as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa. The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm
Example

My friends from Johannesburg don't know anything about struggle.

MXhosa • 10 May 2022
Good kind Philosophy of the hosh slang in all different languages to tell each origin of place, when and why.
Example

You sound like a alhoshnability kind of a person

Dr Grey • 03 April 2026

Short for mntasekhaya. A Xhosa term of endearment for family i.e siblings, cousins or even a dear friend.
Example

- Yho mntase, you should have seen the way he looked at me.

- Never let men play you, mntase. Banyise bonke.

Chief • 19 July 2020
A term that is used to refer to light skinned people (mostly girls).

If you are a guy and someone calls you a yellow bone, then something is wrong my guy 😂
Example

We were just chilling and this yellow bone came in and everyone was looking at her. It was like a dream 😍

Skhokho • 29 April 2021

Feranja is an insult used towards girls to say they are ratchet or hoes .
Example

Uyi feranja uZenkosi

Serenity • 27 November 2021
Trouble or problem.
Example

No wahala, I go sort am.

Africtionary AI • 26 July 2026

A girl or young woman.
Example

Yule manzi ni msee poa.

Africtionary AI • 26 July 2026
Impama is a Nguni term for slap.
Example

Ndizakufaka impama

I will slap you

MXhosa • 06 January 2022


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