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Ag Shame - Oh shame or Oh poor you. (Often used in a derogatory sense)
Amarula - Liqueur from the fruit of the Marula tree only found in Southern Africa
Assegaai - Assegai, Short spear
Baba boep - Baby bump, baby belly
Bakkie - Slang for a pickup van/LDV. But it is also a small bowl
Bakkies - Slang for face. But also small bowls
Berg - Mountain; Drakensberg mountain range, mostly referred to as ‘the Berg’
Biltong - Biltong - seasoned, dried meat. (Usually air dried)
Bloody - Used along with hell instead of curse words, like damn, fuck
Boet - Brother
Boeta - Brother
Bok - Goat, but also a buck
Bokke - An abbreviation of Springbokke - The SA National Rugby Team
Broer - Brother
Broers - Brothers
Bro, Bra, Bru, - All slang for brother used in different parts of SA
Boerewors - A type of spicy sausage, no translation available, just known as boerewors
Boykie - Slang for little boy. Sometimes used to show affection between male friends
Braai - Barbeque
Braaivleis - Barbequed meat
Buffel - African Buffalo
Bundu - South African slang for uninhabited wild regions far from towns and cities
Bundu bashing - Slang for off roading in uninhabited areas
Bush - “Going to the bush” Slang - going game viewing in a reserve or on a farm
Dankie - Thank you
Duikertjies - Small African antelope
Durbs - Slang for Durban
Eina - Ouch, ow
Eish - Used to convey amazement, similar to ‘oh wow’ or disbelief
Ek - I
Foeitog - Poor you; shame
Hau - Expression of shock,
Fok; my fok - Fuck
Fokken - Fucking
Fokkit - Fuck that
Gat, gatte - Hole, holes or ass and asses
Harties - Slang for Hartebeespoortdam
Hemel - Heaven
In - In
Ja right - Yes right; As if
Ja - Yes
Jy - You
Joburg; Jozi, Egoli - Slang for Johannesburg
Kak - Shit
Kierie - Cane, walking stick
Kind - Child
Klap - Smack, hit
Klippies - Gravel, small stones, or as used in the book, slang for Klipdrift Brandy
Klim - Climb
Klim in - Get in, climb in
Klub - Club
Knopkierie - Knobkerrie
Kosmos - Cosmos
Krappie - Small fast moving crab
Krokodil - Crocodile
Krokodil trane - Crocodile tears, fake tears
Lewe - Life
Lief - Love
Liefie - Lovey
Liewe Hemel - Good Heavens, Dear Heaven
Maklik - Easy
Mal miere - Mad ants
Meerkat - Meercat; Suricate, South African Mongoose
My - My
Myne - Mine
Nee - No
No worries - Don’t worry about it. Don’t worry
Ons - We
Padda - Frog
Parra - Slang for Pussy
Plakkies - Flip flops
Poplap - Endearment like Doll or Dollface
Rantjies - Hills
Ratel - Cape Honey Badger
Saam - Together
Skaam - Shy or slang for having no shame or slang for shameless
Skapie - Slang for lamb. Is often used as an endearment
Skinner - Gossip
Sies - Yuck; Yucky; Yuk; Yukky
Siestog - What a pity; Shame; Poor you; also used sarcastically
Slim - Intelligent, clever
Slimjannie - Intelligent, clever, a little bit of a know it all
Spook - Ghost
Springbok - Springbok, an antelope or the SA National Rugby team
Springbokkie - A shot in the colours of the national team - green and gold
Staan - Stand
Steenbokkies - Small South African antelope
Stukkend - Broken, but also slang for drunk
Tafelberg - Table Mountain
Tekkies, Tackies - Running shoes, trainers
Thank the Pope - Thank goodness
Tjommie, Tjomma - Slang for friend, alternative spelling - Chommie, Chomma
Veldt - South African elevated open grasslands
Weier - Refuse
