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Phala

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 1 definition
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Phala (Impala)

"Diphala di a tlola (Impalas are jumping)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

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Phatla 🇧🇼 Botswana

Phatla (Forehead)

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Greet/call out (Holler/greet)

"Hala mi when yu kam. (Call me when you come.)"

🇧🇼 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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