Unique human characteristics of some aspects of reproduction

Xitsonga culturally

vulgar equivalent word (taboo)

Xitsonga coined equivalent word

(euphemism)

Suggested equivalent word through transliteration

anus

nyompfi/mpfila

xihetamavele (“that which finishes mealies”)

anasi

condom

khondomu

jasi ra mukon’wana (“jacket of the bridegroom”)

khondomu

Erection

mpfukelo

vuvimbiri/ntlhaveko (“provoked/salacious feelings”)

irekxini

excrement/faeces

macimba

mahuma (“that which emerges”)

fisisi

pubic hair

makaka

misisi ya le xihundleni (“private hair”)

phyubikhere

sex/sexual intercourse

nkundzano

timhaka ta swa masangu/ku kha miroho (“matters of sleeping mats”/“to pluck leafy vegetables harvested for human consumption”)

seks

sperm/spermatozoa

byonyo/vuzonyo

vununa (“manhood”)

xipeme

ejaculation/squirt

ku rhundza

ku halata (“to spill a liquid”)

ijakhulexini/skwit

Urine

mixixito

mitsakamiso (“cause to wet”)

mitsakamiso/yurini