Word origins

• fiscalRelated to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
• agExpressing annoyance, remorse, surprise, etc.: oh, ah.
• jaYes.
• trekA journey by ox wagon.
• harderA surname.
• bergAn iceberg.
• jongA Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
• finkA contemptible person.
• commandoA small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
• apartheidThe policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
• AfrikaansA person from South Africa or Namibia who speaks Afrikaans. (More properly called "Afrikaans people" or Afrikaners.)
• zakMoney.
• bokKeen or willing.
• donnerTo beat up; clobber; thrash.
• aardvarkThe nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata and somewhat resembling a pig. Common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
• dofStupid; thick.
• volkThe Afrikaner people.
• brubro; bra; term of address for a man
• oomAn older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.)
• BloemfonteinA major city, the capital of the Free State province, and judicial capital of South Africa.
• bothaA surname from Afrikaans.
• dermAnimal skin.
• okeMan; guy; bloke.
• kakA subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Cambodian riel.
• springbokA small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.
• maatmate; buddy
• baasAn employer, a boss (frequently used as a form of address).
• WelkomThe second-largest city in Free State, South Africa.
• rooibosA shrub (Aspalathus linearis) from which a tisane (herbal tea) is made.
• krantzAn encircling or overhanging wall of rock.
• kopA terrace at a football ground, originally for standing spectators, though all-seater stadia have been mandatory for larger UK clubs since 1994.
• wildebeestThe gnu.
• elandA genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.
• braaiA barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing.
• nekA col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).
• outaAn old black man.
• spoorThe track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
• kobAn African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
• hokA kind of small hut.
• meerkatSuricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.
• veldThe open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
• fynbosVegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particularly large numbers of species of Proteaceae, Restionaceae, and Ericaceae.
• AfrikanerA member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
• pronkTo jump with all four limbs at once.
• reimA strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc.
• duikerAny of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily.
• zolA cannabis cigarette.
• nooitnever; no way
• slootA ditch.
• bultA ridge or small hill.
• daggaIndian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the species Leonotis leonurus.
• lourieAny of several species of the family Musophagidae.
• straatA valley between dunes.
• dongaA usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain.
• biltongA South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
• gemsbokA large African antelope (Oryx gazella).
• poortA mountain pass.
• oumaA grandmother.
• hartebeestA species of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.
• boomslangA highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan Africa, Dispholidus typus.
• brookieA brook trout.
• worsboerewors
• CiskeiA former bantustan in the southeast of South Africa, formed in 1961, declared independent in 1981, and reintegrated in 1993.
• bakkieA small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.
• ratelSynonym of honey badger.
• klapTo strike; to smack.
• spruitA small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
• boerboelA large mastiff dog breed from South Africa
• bontebokA South African antelope of genus Damaliscus
• snoekAn edible fish, Thyrsites atun, native to South African (Cape), South American and Australian waters, often smoked or salted.
• aandblomAny of several, typically evening blooming, flowers related to the Iris, in particular of the genus Hesperantha.
• aasvogelVulture.
• AcornhoekA town in Bushbuckridge, Ehlanzeni district, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
• afterclapAn additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
• ag manUsed to express frustration, irritation or annoyance.
• AlbertynAn Afrikaans surname.
• alikreukelgiant periwinkle, Turbo sarmaticus
• Apartheid South AfricaDerogatory name for South Africa: a country in Southern Africa; used approximately from 1948 to 1991, when the apartheid policy was in force (some definitions may include pre-1948 and extend it to 1994).
• baasskapDominion, control, or supremacy, especially of white South Africans over nonwhite peoples.
• babalaasA very bad hangover.
• balkieA small bar worn as part of the uniform of some soldiers in the South African military.
• becreepTo creep up on; stalk
• berghaanVerreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii)
• bergieA homeless person in Cape Town.
• bergwindA hot dry wind blowing from the mountainous interior to the coast.
• bijwonerA member of a class of poor white people who were permitted to inhabit shanties on the property of well-to-do Boers in return for semifeudal payments.
• blaasopAny of several species of pufferfish found in South African waters.
• blapsA blunder, a mistake.
• blatjangA spicy South African chutney.
• blesbuckA type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.
• blesmolAny sub-Saharan African rodent in the family Bathyergidae.
• bliksembastard, arsehole, sod.
• bloedpensA form of dysentery affecting lambs and other animals.
• blombosMetalasia muricata
• bloubokbluebuck
• blouwildebeesoogAn African disease of cattle (sheep, horses and cows), marked by protrusion of the eye, blindness, and rupture
• bobotieA dish of curried mince with an egg custard baked on top.
• boepbeer belly
• boerboonAny of various flowering plants of the genus Schotia.
• boerekosAfrikaner cuisine