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”)