GLOSSARY
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Ag
| An explanation of irritation
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Babalas
| The morning after the night before.
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Bakkie
| Small tub or a car that resembles a pickup
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Black Jack
| A Thin black seed which attaches to clothing
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Blue Train
| a luxury train service running between PTA and CT
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Biltong
| Dried raw meat - yerky
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Boer
| Afrikaans speaking farmer
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Boerekos
| Lots of fat, meat, cholestrol, sugar. This is lekker farm cooking.
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Boerewors
| Type of a sausage and part of the SA braai.
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Boma
| A wood and thatched shelter with a big fire where you eat dinner
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Bottle store
| A retail outlet selling liquor
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Braai
| Known as a BBQ, braaiing is a national pastime only performed by
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| men so that the women can relax in the kitchen.
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Bucks
| South african money or antelope
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Bushveld
| Lowveld - usually Mpumalanga
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Bundu
| wild, remote country
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Cape Doctor
| south-easterly wind in the cape region
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Cape Dutch
| Architecture of the early Western Cape
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Chips
| Either crisps or fries
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Dop
| An alcoholic drink
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Dustdevil
| whirlwind raising a pillar of dust
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Dutchman
| Not a Hollander, Afrikaans speaking man.
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Egoli
| Common name for Johannesburg
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Fundi
| an expert
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Gogga
| an insect
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Hamba Kahle
| farewell or goodbye
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Hoezit
| a greeting
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Is it?
| the most useful single phrase in south african english, means:
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Ja
| yes
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| yes, no, really, you don't say, I didn't know.
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Just now
| anything from 5 minutes to about 5 hours.
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Karoo
| arid plateau of the western cape
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Klaar
| finished or done with
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Kloof
| a deep valley
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Komib or Zola Budd
| 16 seater microbus
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Koppie
| a small hill
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Kraal
| a livestock enclosure
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Krans
| a sheer cliff
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Lapa
| A wood/Reed/Shelter without walls.
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Larny
| Smart
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Lekker
| Nice, Good, Great.
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Long drop
| outside toilet
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Mampoer
| Wickedly delicious and fatally strong fruit brandy.
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mealie
| maize, mealie pap or phutu when cooked (Corn)
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Muti
| Traditional medicine.
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Potjie
| Traditional way of cooking, stew-type food very slowly in a cast iron
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| pot over a fire, about 5 hours.
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Robot
| Traffic lights
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Rooibos
| Herbal tea
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Rondawel
| circular hut usually thatched
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Safari
| a long distance journey
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Sangoma
| African witchdoctor.
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Sawubona
| hello
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Shame
| an exclamation in response to either good or bad news
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Shebeen
| African bars open 24 hrs a day.
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Sis
| exclamation of disgust
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Spaza
| Basic supply store
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Spoor
| a track or footprint of a man or animal
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Spruit
| water course
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Stoep
| Veranda
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Takkie
| canvas tennis-type shoes
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Toyi Toyi
| militant dance
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Trek
| make a long journey
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Tsotsi
| criminal gang member
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Veld
| South African countryside
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Vlei
| swamp or wet ground
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