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Babelaas

hangover

Bakkie

a small pick-up truck

Bathu

Shoes

Berg

Mountain

Bergie

Vagrant

Biltong

Salty dried beef (similar to beef jerky)

Boerewors

Spicy sausage common at braais

Boet

Brother

Boma

Bush enclave (most often found in game reserves)

Braai

Outdoor barbeque

Cherrie

Young pretty woman or girlfriend

Chow

Food

Diski

Football

Dorp

Small town

Echi

Matches

Gaelo

Train

Howzit

A common greeting meaning how are you? Or how are things?

 Ikara

Car

Inyanga

Traditional African spiritualist

Jol

The party or big fun. [Can be used as a verb, adjective and noun].

Just now

In a while

Kasi

Township

Koeksuster

A super-sweet Afrikaner delicacy

Kwaito

SA’s homegrown version of hip hop

Lekker

Great or very good

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