Afrikaner
a white inhabitant of South Africa primarily of the Dutch, German and French descent
Azania
mythological country of Blacks
baas
master; official;employer;owner; manager; supervisor; sir; boss; one who, because of his superior strength, is able to command or demand deference from others
babalaas
hangover
backveld
of or pertaining to isolated rural communities; unsophisticated, rough; rural areas
bakgat
excellent; good; pleasing; fine
bakkie
a light truck, a pick-up, delivery van; any small container
bell
to telephone
Big Five
most dangerous African mammal: the rhinoceros, elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard
biltong
salted dried meat in strips
Black Consciousness
a political ideology which defines as 'black people' all those who have been disadvantaged under apartheid and which urges them to be strongly aware of their common experience of racially-based oppression, thus developing political solidarity, formulating ideas and taking actions independently
blik
tin, the metal; a can
bliksem
not polite - a scoundrel, blighter, bastard; to beat someone up
boerewors
a popular traditional sausage, usually a coarsely-ground mixture of beef and pork, seasoned with various spices; something typically South African
boet
mate, pal, buddy; brother
bok
an anthelope; a hero; a masculine or athletic man
braai
an informal outdoor gathering at which meat is grilled over an open fire; any of several types of structure in which a fire is made for the outdoor grilling of meat; to grill over a fire; to hold a barbecue
broer
an informal or familiar form of address to a man; a friend or compatriot; a brother
bush
the thick vegetation covering any uncultivated area; a forest or thicket; undeveloped, largely uninhabitated country; country in its natural state; inferior; rough-and-ready; uncivilized
by
at, beside, alongside, near; in; with; to
bywoner
a socially inferior dispossessed or dependent person; a parasite
check
to look (at) someone
dagga
marijuana
donga
an eroded gully or watercourse formed by the action of running water, but usually dry and with steep, bare sides
druppels
drops (medicine)
estate
a registered vineyard producing wines made exclusively from grapes grown within its boundaries
fountain
a natural spring or water source
full of
covered with, covered in
go well
good bye!, good luck!
hell in
furiously angry, enraged
herbalist
one who dispenses or deals in medicinal herbs and other traditional remedies for sickness or misfortune
hey
added to a statement or a question: a request for an utterance to be repeated; a request for confirmation of what has been said; used to turn a statement into a question; added to a statement to give it emphasis or retain the attention of the addressed, through an implied request for reply
hoek
a bend in a river, an angular part of a mountain, a coastal inlet or any topographical feature in which a bend or angle is prominent
hostel
a single-sex barrack or dormitory
howzit?
'hello!', 'how are you?' (a salutation)
indaba
a meeting or discussion
is it?
a rhetorical expression equivalent to 'really?', 'is it so?', conveying polite interest, astonishment or increduility
ja
an affrimative; repeated may indicate irritation at being nagged; an indication that the speaker has heard, noted or understood something; used without a particular meaning for opening a conversation
ja-nee / yes-no
a non-commital expression used when the appropriate reaction is not obvious or when one whishes to avoid saying something hypocritical or unpleasant; an emphatic affirmation of what one has said or is about to say; introducing a contradiction
jol
a good time, a time of merry-making; revelry; entertainment; a party; concert; festival; a trip or holiday; a joke; a game; to go (to a place in search of entertainment); to walk; to depart; to hurry; to revel; to party; to go out on the town; to dance; to amke love
just now
in awhile; presently; by and by; later; after some time
Karoo
the vast, arid inland plateau extending from Langeberg in the South of Cradock, Pearston, Somerset East and Venterstad in the east and northward into the Free State; any tract of Karoo-like desert land
klaar
ready,prepared, completed; over, all gone; ruined, exhausted
klip
a stone; a diamond
kloof
a (wooded) gorge or valley; a ravine running down a mountainside
kop(pie)
a prominent hill or peak(kop); head, intelligence; a hillock, a small hill (koppie)
kraal
a traditional African villiage; a hut or cluster of huts; homestead; an enclosure, fold pen for domestic or other animals; a contained area for people; a social grouping based on econaomic, political, linguistic, ethnic or other differences and serving to separate people from one another
kwaai
a term of approval: 'great!', 'fantastic!'
lekker
nice, good, finr
location
a small holding or farm; an area of land on a farm, set aside by the farmer for his labourers tooccupy and cultivate; a township
maar
simply, merely, just
maat
mate, friend, comrade
make a plan
to devise a way of doing something
Malay
Cape Malay (a member of the Afrikaans-speaking and Muslim group being partly descended from slaves or political exiles sent to the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries from Indonesia, Malaysia, etc
mealie
maize or Indian corn; a maize ear or cob; maize kernels
moenie worry (nie)
'do not worry!'
mooi
'wonderful!', 'great!'; pretty good, nice
mos
after all, of course, you know; really, actually, after all, indeed; only, just, after all, truly
now-now
a moment ago; in a moment; cf. just now
only
'really' (intensifier)
oppas
cf. pas op
ox wagon
a heavy pioneer wagon drawn by oxen; a symbol of conservative Afrikaner values and aspirations
padda
a frog
padkos
food for a journey
pan
a natural depression, often one in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated; a shallow periodic lake, formed in a natural depression by rain-water
pap
maize porridge
pas op
'beware!', 'look out!'; to look out, to beware
raad
a board or council
rainbow
of or pertaining to the transformed non-racial South African society
rand
a long (rocky) hillock; an area of high, sloping ground; the unit of decimal currency adopted in 1961; the Rand - the gold fields, mining towns and cities (including Johannesburg) situated along the Witwatersrand gold-reef in the province of Gauteng
riempie
(a thin strip of) worked leather, used especially for thonging the backs and seats of chairs settles and other furniture, for shoe-laces and as a string
robot
automatic traffic-lights
shebeen
a drinking establishment where liquor is sold and consumes; shebeen queen - the female owner of a shebeen
sjambok
a hevy whip used for driving animals or administring punishment; alluding to violent, aggressive or threatening behaviour
slim
derogatory - clever, shrewd; sly, cunning, crafty
snoek
snake mackerel; baracuda; to fish for a snoek
sommer
just, simply; for no specific reason
South African War
Anglo-Boer War
span
a team; a gang; a group; very much, lot
springbok
a springbok anthelope, the national symbol of South Africa; an amateur sportsman or sportswoman selected to represent South Africa; an escapee from prison
spruit
a small stream or watercourse, usually containing little or no water except in the rainy season
squat
to live in a self-built shack on land which one does not own or which is an area in which one does not have a legal right to live
to ride staff
to ride without paying on a train or bus often clinging to the sides or riding on the roof
stay well
an expression of good wishes by the one who is leaving to those who stay
stoep
a verandah or porch
tackie / takkie
a rubber-soled canvas shoe; a sports shoe; a tyre
tannie / tante
'aunt', used particularly of Afrikaner women, and not necessarily a blood-relation; a respectful and affectionate title for an older woman
technikon
an institution offering technical and vocational education at a tertiary level
throw someone with something
to throw something at someone
township
a site laid out by alocal authority for a new suburb; an area of land to be subdivided and sold by delvelopers as freehold residential or industrial plots; a suburb or a city developed near a 'white' urban area foroccupation by black African people only
trek
a leg of a journey; a relocation or exodus; a journey or a trip, especially a long and arduous one; hard work; mental or spiritual endeavour; a migrationa of animals; to pull; to travel; to undertake a long or arduous walk; to undertake an inconvenient trip, especially one which the traveller believes could be avoided; to leave an area; to go away; move off, make off; to travel constantly from place to place
tsotsi
a young black urban criminal; a bad man
Vaal Triangle
the highly industrialized area of the southern Gauteng and the northern Free State, being largely enclosed within an imaginary figure formed by lines joining the cities of Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg
veld
open, undeveloped countryside, land with relatively open natural vegetation, especially open grassland or scrubland, but ranging from semi-desert terrain to savannah in which grass and scrub are closely interspersed with trees; natural uncultivated vegetation used as a pasture; the country, rural areas and society, with characteristic atmosphere and lifestyle
vlei
a shallow natural pool of water; low-lying marshy ground, covered with water during the rainy season
voetsak
go away!, 'scram!', 'get lost!': a rough command, as spoken to a dog or a person; an exclamation expressing disgust or rejection; long ago, 'the year dot', an indeterminate time
volk
people; citizens of a country; members of a group; the Afrikaner people
voortrekker
a pioneer; a member of an Afrikaner youth movement similar to the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides; a member of one of numerous groups of Dutch-speaking people who migrated by wagon from the Cape Colony into the interior
woza
'come!', 'come here!'
yebo
'yes', 'I agree'; a general term of assent, agreement or acknowledgement

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