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Kana

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Jul 16, 2025 · 4 definitions
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Kana definition 1

Filler word meaning “you know” or used for emphasis (Origin: Setswana)

"We should hurry, *kana* it’s already late and the buses will stop running."
by KASINARY Admin Elder · Jul 16, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Kana definition 2

Kana (You know/Actually)

"Kana ke ne ke go bolelela (Actually I was telling you)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Kana definition 3

Kana sila (Don't fear)

"Kana kuyaa (Don't cry)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Kana definition 4

Palha (Straw/Thatch)

"Kubre kasa ku kana. (Cover house with thatch.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇧🇼 Botswana
Definitions
4 community definitions
Added
July 2025

↻ Similar Words

Kana 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Palha (Straw/Thatch)

"Kubre kasa ku kana. (Cover house with thatch.)"
Kana 🇬🇲 Gambia

Kana sila (Don't fear)

"Kana kuyaa (Don't cry)"

🇧🇼 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.

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🌍 "Kana" Across Africa

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

Kana 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Palha (Straw/Thatch)
Kana 🇬🇲 Gambia

Kana sila (Don't fear)

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