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Hela

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 3 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Hela definition 1

Money

"Hela ni ngumu (Money is hard to get)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Hela definition 2

“Hey!” (to get someone’s attention)" ("Afrikaans via SA slang")

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Hela definition 3

Hela (Just/Only)

"Ke batla hela go robala (I just want to sleep)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇧🇼 Botswana
Definitions
3 community definitions
Added
July 2025

↻ Similar Words

Hela 🇰🇪 Kenya

Money

"Hela ni ngumu (Money is hard to get)"
Hela 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Money

"Sina hela (I don't have money)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

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

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Botswana slang (1824 words)

🌍 "Hela" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Hela 🇰🇪 Kenya

Money
Hela 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Money

🇧🇼 More Botswana Slang

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