South Africanisms Flashcards
Frostie
A beer
Shebeen
A township pub
Skollie
An untrustworthy scoundrel
Biltong
Spiced dried meat
Stokvel
A system of saving money
Braai/ braaivleis
A barbecue- cooking meat on an open fire
Fanagalo
A string of words made up of many South African languages
Twak
When you think something is nonsense
Witblitz
A strong homemade alcoholic brew
Babelas
A hangover after heavy drinking
Lobola
A bride price in a traditional African marriage paid in the form of cattle and money by the husband-to-be
Indaba
An important meeting or gathering of people to discuss something e.g. News
Tsotsi
A crook or criminal
Bunny chow
Vegetarian curry sold as take away food in a hollowed out half loaf of bread
Kwaito
SA ‘s own brand of township pop music
Chakalaka
A mixture of fried onion , tomato and chili normally eaten with pap and meat
Inyanga
An African medicine man or herbalist
Toyi- toyi
A militant dance expressing defiance and solidarity especially during mass demonstrations
Ubuntu
Human hearted ness and goodness or our ability to care for others
Vetkoek
A cake usually filled with yeast and dough- deep fried
Frikkadel
A meatball
Dassie
A rock rabbit
Koeksuster
Plaited, syrup dough fried in oil
Dessert
Veld
Field
