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Here is the Zamglish dictionary or terms that we Zambians have forgotten, or are just too shy to speak in the USA or the UK, wherever you are !

TOTAL 191 WORDS & ADDING -latest words added: Makak (M 1/2) , Hack (H 0) - last updated October 1st 2004

1. ABCD/XYZ - etcetera (etc.) eg. the own is selling, mangoes, tomatoes, apples, abcd.
2. Ah ta se - what the hell, what the f%$#... abcd
3. Ah-ah - said very rapidly... expression showing disgust or disagreement in someones comment.
4. Ai - ok.. to agree
5 .Ai? - really?
6. Arro - hello.
7. Ati - no meaning, example in a sentence - ATI but why is "saf" (see. S17) so expensive?

B :
1. Babble/Bubble/Chingum - Bubble Gum
2. Bahrahra / Bharaha - Nuts
3. Bail - to sleep..(see D5 also)
4. Bakooree/ Bakohree - A bowl
4.5 Bali - Father . eg. Ya bali is refusing me go out
5. Bandits - Fugatives
6. Beats - Music
7. Beer Money - a bribe to a cop
8. Bells - Hours. eg. it is 11 bells
9. Bitch - woman
10. Bodyviewing - Chick scanning, to look at girls...or if you are a chick...or gay...to look at guys.
11. Bolt - to run. eg. look at that own bolt from the cops.
12. Bofa - to tie eg bofa the dog, than i will come inside.
13. Book out - Leave... bounce
14. Bootah/Buta - Brother
15. Booti/Buty/Butie - a person. eg booti bring us a mosi
16. Bounce - To leave, to be denied eg. lets bounce from the crib.. ey that chick bounced me
17. Bout - Fight
18. Burn- to ignore/ deny. She burnt me
19. Butcherd - to get beaten like "hammered" (see H1) eg that boy got butcherd by gundosagz

C :
1. Cabin - a crib
2. Catch a Flat - To get angry at someone or something. eg. Mr.Mutale caught a flat when i didnt do my homework.
3. Caught a bone - to have an errection eg. that own caught a bone, when he saw that guza (G6)
4. Channa - Buddy, friend
5. Chakolwa - Alcoholic. eg. that chi own is a chakolwa
6. Chew - food. eg. lets go get some chew
7. Chewed - ate eg. i chewed chicken and chips
8. Chewing - eating, eg. cant you see i am chewing, fuseke
9. Chi - again, no meaning -eg. But this CHI guy is useless.
11. Chicks - Girls.
11&1/2. Chickala - Dick
12. Chill - Relax, hold on.
13. Chiloli - a prostitute
14. Chips - French Fries
15. Chops - ah you figure it out from the example... damn that guza is fit, can chop with a quickness
16. Chuck - to throw, to beat, to put somewhere, to pass. eg. chuck me the ball, i will chuck you one.
17. Chuff - to impress, to flatter, eg. he is chuffing up chicks
18. Clap - To finish.
18&1/2. Close - To beat. eg. I closed that own he was acting like a cunt.
19. Coca-Cola Money - A bribe to a kid
20. Colgate - Toothpaste... all brands are colgate
21. Coming from Together - to come from the same place
22. Con - to lie.
22&1/2. Concoles / conkoles - like kicknacks, sort of like cheetos..Eg. Mulenga give me one packet of concoles.
23. Coolie - Indian. used to frequently not even an insult anymore
24. Crib - House
25. Crisps/ Crisips - Potatoe Chips
26. Crop - To fall down. eg. the own cropped.
27. Cooked - drunk, eg. that owns is super cooked yaya.
28. Cut - drunk / to go, eg booti(b15) are you cut. or eh lets cut to the club. see (c27)

D :
1. Daga/Dagha - Weed
2. Deck - to beat eg. i will deck you
3. Diss - to make fun of, to insult. eg. i asked that chick for chops but got dissed.
4. Dop - Drink alcohol
5. Dos - to sleep
6. Down it - bottoms up the drink, drink it in 1 go .
7. Dwanzi - Confused person eg. He is a real dwanzi

E :
1. E-ye - to agree... yes
2. Eecho - pronounced ee-cho, expression used to show when one is chuffed about something or someone.
3. Eh? - Huh? when an own is confused or lost. they usualy say eh?
4. Ehe - uh huh.To agree.. to understand (prnounced ehe)
5. Exay / XA - Afrikaans word for dude

F :
1. Faka - Cigarette
2. Fastele - Fast
3. Female dog - bitch
4. Flog - To sell. Eg. I am going to flog my car
5. Freke/ Peg - To die . eg. the own freked.
6. Fuseke - Fuck off...get lost

G :
0. G / Gee - A car
1. Gig - Party
2. Gone - High on weed or drunk
3. Grafting - Working/Studying
4. Graze - Food eg. this graze is good.
5. Graze - to eat eg. let's go graze
6. Guza - A Girl.
7. Gwaan - Story

0.Hack - To give . eg. hack us some graze xa
1. Hammer - To beat... eg. Zambia hammered Nigeria in football yesterday
2. Hard - to be superior or very good eg. she's a hard chick.
3. Heg - Bemba english for egg. others include.. 'ospita(hospital), 'im(him), 'er (her).
4. High - Drunk
5. Hit out - to go / leave. eg. Lets hit out before my father comes. SEE (B 12 & B 15)
6. Honda - Motorbike all makes
7. Hooligans - one that does damage to other peoples property.. in england they are known as vandals
8. How do you make it? - what time is it?
9. How's been the day? - how was your day today?
10.Howzit? - How is it going?
11.Hypocrite - Liar, deciever

I :
1. I'll Buzz You. - I'll call you (telephone)
2. Injinga/Njinga - Eagle Bicycle

J :
1. Jam - To play eg. Let's go jam football
2. Jol - to come, to go eg. let's jol to the club
3. Jonjha - Steal

K :
1. Ka - no meaning - eg. That KA guy stole my injinga
2. Kabdoolah / Khabdoola - Shorts...Eg. im going to swim in my kabdoolah
3. Kachepa - Liar, one that likes to con a lot
4. Kamaguy - That guy (said rapidly)..eg. that kamaguy is usless
5. Kanshi - Just a chi expression. eg. Kanshi i dont know the answer to the question

L :
1. La - expression, substitute for exay, bootah, often meaning friend, exay, bootah
2. Lash - to give something to someone eg. ah they lashed me a span of work
3. Leaker/Laker/Leaka/Laka - awsome, in a more hard way.
4. Lighty - youngster
5. Lorry - A Large truck, a big-rig.

M :
0. Macking - To talk..more or less used when a guy is talikng to a girl or the other way around..Eg. The chickala is macking the owns sister.
1/2. Makak / Mahkak - Monkey .eg. That chi mahkak is acting stupid
1. Maize Crisis looms - No mealie meal
2. Maximum - zambias greatest asset, the condom, used by all, the best thing since sliced bread, made solid, will never break, but still provides the sensitivity of skin to skin.
3. Mazoe - Orange Juice
4. Me, I - grammer error...eg. Me, i chuffed this chick yesterday
5. Merek - Milk
6. Mulallo - A insane man who lives on the streets. Whos is also chlorella proff.
7. Mmmm!! - expression of amazement and excitement esp when one sees a fit guza
8. Munt - zambian own
9. Mushanga Boy - Those owns that sell scaves and macks cools on the streets in little carts. the zambian version of hot dog vendors... except they dont sell hot dogs.
10.Muzungu/Muzungoo - White own
11.Mwana - Guy, Exay.
12.Mwenye - Indian.

N :
1. Nali/Noli - No, nothing
2. Nickis - means Nothing or NO. eg. is there any bread left ? ahhh Nickis
3. No - often meaning yes. eg. Did you finish the work sakala? No, i did.

O :
1. One - Serves you right eg. when a guy gets beaten the friends point and yell ONE.
2. On the light - Switch on the light.
3. Ooo yo!! - Another expression of excitement
4. Own - Guy eg. That own over there, is a hypocrite

P :
1. Pin/Garudas - Thousands
2. Prang - To crash. eg the chi stupid cunt pranged the car in the wall.
3. Propah / propa - proper. eg umm the chicken is tasting propah
4. Pot Hole - a large hole in the road, known to swallow cars, tip mini busses and even stretch accross the entire road.
5. PTC - Post and Telecomunications company, no longer existing, however still known.
6. Put it on - Turn it on
7. Putting on - wearing. eg. He came to the gig putting on a chi nice shirt.
8. Pumpee / pompee - A large sink..with grooves where cloths are washed..(zambian washing machine)
9. Perch - to sit down.

R :
1. Rap - to talk or to say something eg. the guza never let me rap my story
2. Ride - A car
3. Robbers - Bandits
4. Robots - Traffic Lights
5. Run "ah" way - Runway...where planes land. But in zambia said as Run"ah" wea..AH is added b/t run and way

S :
1. Sa - Sir
2. Saat - No eg. Did you do your work? Saat, it was too difficult
3. Salaula - Second Hand
4. Scale - to steal, take what is not yours. eg.that own scaled my watch.
5. Scan - Look. eg.. Scan that guza, umm shes propah
5&1/2. Scave - Cigarett
6. Scrap - Fight
6&1/2 - Scene - A location or venue. eg Lets hit that scene, theres are some leaker chicks there.
7. Scrowl - Bad, terrible, boring, sometimes even used to describe uglyness. eg. thats a scrowl guza
8. Shatine - Shanti house made out of roofing sheets.
9. Skim - Think
10. Slow Puncture - AIDS. eg. He has a slow puncture.
11. Smack - to like. eg. i smack these chips
12. Smash - to break or damage. eg. these hooligans have smashed my car
13. Span - A lot. eg. there are a span of chicks here
14. Sua / Shoeah - A expression of shock . eg That chi own died of aids, reply from second person "Sua"
15. Sually - Said just before a sentence to make sure its true. Eg theres a gig today. "Sually"
16. Strap - To walk. eg. kanshi i had to catch a strap to the cabin
17. Surf - as known as Saf, luandry detergent... again all brands are Surf / Saf
18. Swotting - Very hardcore studying.

T :
1. Thieves - Robbers
2. Thrash - (another one) to beat
3. Tomba - To perform sexual intercourse eg. Willy tombaed a goat.
4. Truck - a truck, eg. Tata, Leyland
5. Tune - to tell eg. I tuned the chick i smacked her.

V :
1. Vandals - Thieves.
2. Vanette - this is the proper term given to trucks that are not trucks...eg. Ford F150.
3. Vibes - A phrases. eg I dont understand what that own is vibing.

W :
1. Wa Sista - sister
2. Why But? - But why?
3. Wired - to be beaten. eg. Ah they wired the own.
4. Whats cutting - whats happening.
5. With a quickness - fast, without any hesitation

Y :
1. Yaww - used when surprised or when you want to make someone feel even worse than they feel.. eg. The own fell down. yaawww. (always done with 1 hand covering mouth, and the other pointing at the victim)
2. Yes - Hello, Hi.
3 Yu-ay - A way of calling someone. eg. yu-ay chickala come here.
4. Yues/yeus - yes

Z :
1. Zamfoot - to strap eg. i had to zamfoot to school today
2. Zebra Crossing - Pedestrian Crossing
3. Zozazo- those are those- but this is another. Trying to say how something is diffrerent / unique.