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Bones

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Bones definition 1

Bones (Divination bones)

"Ngaka e laola ka bones (The healer divines with bones)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Bones definition 2

Litaola / Ho laola (Bones / Divination)

"Bones li re eng? (What do the bones say?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

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Bones 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Litaola / Ho laola (Bones / Divination)

"Bones li re eng? (What do the bones say?)"
Bone 🇳🇬 Nigeria

To ignore someone (To snub)

"Just bone am (Just ignore him)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

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🌍 "Bones" Across Africa

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Bones 🇱🇸 Lesotho

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