Words From KhoeiSan Languages
- aitsa – is usually used when exclaiming agreement like you would when saying "sweet!", "nice!", "lekker!", and "got it!" .
- dagga – marijuana (has become a mainstream word in South African English)(from Khoe daxa-b for Leonotis plant)
- gogga – bug (from Khoe xo-xo, creeping things, here the g is pronounced like ch in Scottish loch)
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