Other Zambian Terms or Phrases

Other Terms/Phrases

• Kwendo mu Tank

  stepping on it/or driving at high speeds/driving off.

e.g.:Pamene wenzo tuma phone nenze kwendo mu Tank mu Cairo Road.

• Kwendo mu Njila

  Going/One who is always on the move/the act of leaving

• Gillette

  leaving /act of running away[The term originated from the Sports show “Gillette World Sport Special” as a result of its association with sporting activities such as races/running/sprinting,it was adopted as a term to mean running away and later on to mean leaving/going]

e.g.:Mu Boys ana chaya Gillette baka pokola/Na chaya Gillette.

• Mau lendo

  leaving/trip e.g.:Ali mau lendo pamene tikamba so.

• Shot

  steal/leave/throw e.g.: Bani chaya shot cellphone/Na chaya shot ku bond boi/Banamu chaya shot malegeni ku matako.

• Yenza

  steal e.g. Bani Yenzela cellphone baka ponya mu station.

• Lusaka

  To get conned/steal – "bani chaya Lusaka ma tyre ya motoka"/"Ma boys bamu Katondo bani chaya Lusaka phone yamene na gulisa".

• Kitwe

  To get fucked in the ass.