Modern English Terms | New Xitsonga coined terms | Generally applied Xitsonga terms |
Cellphone | Riqinghonyongeni (“a telephone on the hip”) | Selulafoni (“cellular phone”) |
Laptop | Xixingiwa (“that which is carried on one’s lap”) | Lepthopo (“laptop”) |
Radio | Xiyanimoya (“that which goes with the air”) | Rhadiyo (“radio”) |
Refrigerator | Xigwitsiritsi (“that which freezes things”) | Firiji (“fridge”) |