  - Awa-skin, skin slung across the back to carry babies in.
- Askoekies, cakes baked in the ash.
- Baas, master.
- Baasje (pronounced Baasie), little master.
- Babiaan, baboon.
- Berg schilpad, mountain tortoise.
- Biltong, strips of sun-dried meat.
- Bolmakissie, head over heels.
- Bossies, bushes.
- Broer, brother.
- Buchu, an aromatic veld herb.
- Carbonaatje, grilled chop.
- Dassie, rock-rabbit.
- Eintje, an edible veld root.
- Gezondheid! Your health!
- Haasje, little hare.
- Hamel, wether.
- Jakhals draaie, tricky turns.
- Kaross, skin rug.
- Kierie, a thick stick.
- Klein koning, little king.
- Kneehaltered, hobbled.
- Kopdoek, turban.
- Kopje, hill.
- Krantz, precipice.
- Kraal, enclosure.
- Lammervanger, eagle.
- Leeuw, lion.
- Maanhaar, mane.
- Mensevreter, cannibal.
- Neef, nephew.
- Nooi, lady or mistress.
- Nonnie, young lady, miss.
- Oom, uncle.
- Outa, old man, prefix to the name of old natives.
- Pronk, show off.
- Reijer, heron.
- Riem, leathern thong.
- Rustband, couch.
- Sassaby or Sessebe, a South African antelope.
- Schelm, rogue; sly.
- Schilpad, tortoise.
- Sjambok, whip of rhino or hippo hide.
- Skraal windje, fine cutting wind.
- Skrik, to be startled; also fright.
- Slim, cunningly clever.
- Smouse, pedlar.
- Soopje, tot.
- Taai, tough.
- Tante, aunt.
- Tarentaal, Guinea fowl.
- Tover, toverij, witchcraft.
- Vaabond, vagabond.
- Vlakte, plain.
- Voertsed, jumping aside suddenly and violently.
- Volk, coloured farm labourers.
- Volstruis, ostrich.
- Vrouw, wife.
- Vrouwmens, woman.
- Zandkruiper, sand-crawler.
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