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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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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Booting

[n] [eng] alcohol

E.g. 1. 2dae we booting till kingom come. [Today we getting very drunk]

E.g. 2. We were born to boot. [We were born for alcohol]

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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Bhomba

[n] [sh] Alchohol

E.g. 1. Ndamuwana akabata bhomba rake kubhawa. (I saw him holding a 750ml of alchohol at the beerhall.)

E.g. 2. Bhomba rave 3 bhidha. (The bottle of alchohol is now 3 billion.)

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Friday, October 16th, 2009

Bhabhidho

[n] [sh] Hangover

E.g. 1. Ndamuka ndakarohwa nebhabhidho. (I woke up with a hangover.)

E.g. 2. Ndine gas rekubvisa bhabhidho monaz. (I’ve got some beer to help reduce hangover in the morning.)

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Friday, October 16th, 2009

Gas

[n] [eng] Beer

E.g. 1. Are you in any mood for gas?

E.g. 2. Let’s go and have gas at the pub.

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Friday, October 16th, 2009

Masafinya

[n] [sh] Opaque Beer.

E.g. 1. Konde konde boys titenge masafinya. (Let’s contribute and buy beer.)

E.g. 2. Masafinya anyanya takuda hutsvuku. (We have had enough of opaque beer, we now want clear beer.)

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Monday, October 12th, 2009

Skubha

[n] [sh] Scud. Opeque beer.

E.g. 1. Rega ndimboti huro 2 dzescubha pabhawa. (Let me have some beer at the beerhall)

E.g. 2. Scubha ifood and drink. (The scud is food and drink all in one)

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