Letlhabaphefo

Letlhabaphefo

Hello,

… that is my favourite SeTswana word — it is perfect."

1ove, enoff.

11 Comments
 
  1. Diaan

    What's it mean? (Is 'it is perfect' what it means, or is the word perfect to describe the photo?)

  2. lebogang nkoane

    :)

    neither — let me try explain it — letlhabaphefo means a window.

    go tlhaba is similar to "to stab"
    phefo is "wind or air"

    so in essence it means: a window allows air to flow through.

    *that's the best explanation I can put together.

  3. Kunta Kinte

    lefestere --- iLike

  4. barnardinho

    Nice - thanks for the explanation.

    Although I work with words, I'm no cunning linguist but am fascinated by language and the origin of words/phrases

  5. lebogang nkoane

    :)

  6. Mphela

    I've always thought it meant to stab the wind, meaning "the wind killer" because it blocks it when it's closed. 1ove...Learning

  7. onelove

    What a poetic language.

  8. caprisel

    :-)

  9. æ

    a stab of fresh air...

    ;)

  10. Kamogelo Mogashoa

    @onelove indeed it is, they sometimes sound like their singing when they conversate (village folk)

  11. NguJaz

    perfect explanation

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