The story
- Afrikaans · derived fromkwaai“cool”
- English todaykwaito
From Camtho, from Afrikaans kwaai (“cool”, literally “angry”).
Words from the same roots
Afrikaanskwaai all →
kwaai
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kwaito
Today it means: A style of music featuring words chanted over house music, originating in Johannesburg during the 1990s. Full definition →
Afrikaans kwaai