ekasi, adverb

/eˈkɑːsi/
Forms:
Also eKasi, ekasie.
Origin:
TsotsitaalShow more From Tsotsitaal, locative prefix e- + kasi township.
colloquial
In urban (especially township) English: In, to, or from the township.
2011 metjan.co.za (DSAE Corpus)King’s heart still resides ekasi at home in the City of Gold.
2014 suitegum.co.za (DSAE Corpus)So I chilled ekasie for about a year, except for a short stint at some fly-by-night college that disappeared.
2017 timeslive.co.za (DSAE Corpus)I didn’t grow up eKasi, but I hang around there, especially in Tembisa.
In, to, or from the township.
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eish, interjectionint.ek sê, interjectional phraseint. phr.
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