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Koloi

🇱🇸 Lesotho Slang
Added Aug 03, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Koloi definition 1

While it just means 'car' in Sesotho, youth use koloi in jokes to mean 'fancy ride'. E.g. calling a beat-up car koloi ya metsi ('water car') to tease it's as slow as water.

"O tlisa koloi ee e shiny. (He's bringing that slick ride.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Koloi definition 2

Koloi (Car)

"Koloi ya me e robegile (My car is broken)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

Word Details

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🇱🇸 Lesotho
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Koloi 🇿🇦 South Africa

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Koloi 🇧🇼 Botswana

Koloi (Car)

"Koloi ya me e robegile (My car is broken)"

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🌍 "Koloi" Across Africa

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

Koloi 🇿🇦 South Africa

Sethuthuthu (Car)
Koloi 🇧🇼 Botswana

Koloi (Car)

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