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November, 2009

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Skuna

[n] [nd] shoe

E.g. 1. Iskuna sakho siginyan amanzi. [Your shoe is swallowing water.]

E.g. 2. Iskuna esimhlophe sigqokwa ngamapostori. [A white shoe is only worn by mapostori.]

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Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Umgqala

[n] [nd] quart

E.g. 1. Amadoda wonke akhithike kwasala kume umgqala. [All the men were so drunk they were lying on the floor and the only thing standing up was the quart.]

E.g. 2. Umgqala yitiye yamadoda. [A quart is a mans type of tea.]

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Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Wanna

[vb] [eng] want

E.g. 1. We can run the play if u wanna. [We can walk the walk if you want to]

E.g. 2. Do u wanna ride wit my flo. [Do you want to join me]

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Friday, November 27th, 2009

Stina

[adj] [nd] ugly

E.g. 1. Ungwana wakho yistina sako macdonald. [Your lady is uglier than a macdonald brick.]

E.g. 2. Istina sakho singani sihlafuna itsefu. [Your babe is so ugly, it is like she is swallowing some poison.]

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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Small House

[n] [en] Mistress of a married man. Abode of the mistress of a married man. The boyfriend of a married woman can also be referred to as such.

E.g. 1. He is always with his small house these days.

E.g. 2. That woman with the 4 inch heels is the Headmaster’s small house.

E.g.3. I am off to the small house.

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Wassup

[interj] [eng] hello

E.g. 1. Wassup, where you been. [Hello, long time no see]

E.g. 2. If you see da dude holla wassup. [If you see him,tell him i said hello]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Uyangithola

[vb] [nd] understand

E.g. 1. Ngizakufaka umthezula nxa ufuna ukuzenzisa, uyangithola. [I will slap you if you trying to be funny, understand.]

E.g. 2. Unanzelele omahotsha, uyangithola. [Beware of prostitutes, do you understand me.]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Umadanso

[n] [nd] party

E.g. 1. Into zemdanso ziyahlupha. [This business of parties is a stress.]

E.g. 2. Imdanso yalezinsuku iyethusa. [Parties of nowadays are scary.]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Uhata

[n] [nd] cop

E.g. 1. Ohata bajume umebraz etshuksa inzoli. [The cops caught my bro in the act smoking weed.]

E.g. 2. Ohata banthontshe amakhasi amabanana. [Some cops just stole banana peels.]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Topi

[n] [nd] father

E.g. 1. Vaya topi uyamaya. [Go away old man, you are a screw up.]

E.g. 2. Utopi waginya ibhobha yikho engela mazinyo. [My dad swallowed a bomb, that is why he lost his teeth.]

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