English words from Afrikaans
- honeybushAny of a group of bushes in the genus Cyclopia whose flowers smell of honey and whose leaves are used to make an herbal tea.
- aparthoodapartheid
- bastard gemsbokroan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), native to savannas of the central latitudes of Africa.
- Bushman's teaKhat.
- cancer bushA legume native to Southern Africa that grows red flowers and bloated pods, often used in folk medicine; Lessertia frutescens (formerly Sutherlandia frutescens).
- earth pigThe aardvark.
- greenthornBalanites maughamii, a southern African tree.
- honeybush teaA tisane (herbal tea) beverage made from the honeybush plant.
- night-apeSynonym of night monkey.
- play-playTo mess around, to play around; to take things lightly.
- redbushrooibos tea
- suck out of one's thumbTo make up, to fabricate, to pull out of one's ass.
- The Call of South AfricaA former national anthem of South Africa, created during the 1920s and used from the 1930s to the 1990s.