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Skeif

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Skeif definition 1

Skeif (Cool/Nice)

"Motho yoo o skeif (That person is cool)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Skeif definition 2

Terene / Koloi e ntle (Train / Nice car)

"Abuti o kharetse skeif e ntle! (My brother bought a nice car!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Skeif 🇿🇦 South Africa

Koloi (Car)

"Skeif sa gago se sharp (Your car is nice)"
Skeif 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Terene / Koloi e ntle (Train / Nice car)

"Abuti o kharetse skeif e ntle! (My brother bought a nice car!)"

🇧🇼 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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🌍 "Skeif" Across Africa

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

Skeif 🇿🇦 South Africa

Koloi (Car)
Skeif 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Terene / Koloi e ntle (Train / Nice car)

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