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Lelapa

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 1 definition
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Lelapa (Family)

"Lelapa la me (My family)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

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Letlapa 🇧🇼 Botswana

Letlapa (Lazy person)

"O letlapa la motho (You're a lazy person)"
Lepa 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Skinny person (Thin)

"See this lepa (Look at this skinny person)"

🇧🇼 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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