kasi, noun and & adjective

/ˈkɑːsi/
Forms:
Also kasie, and with initial capital.
Origin:
Tsotsitaal, AfrikaansShow more From Tsotsitaal, from Afrikaans lokasie location.
colloquial
1. noun township noun sense 2. Also attributive.
2001 S. Kamnqa in Drum 11 Oct. 55As a student, I spent four years in one of the Mother City’s biggest townships, Gugulethu...I enjoyed just about everything about this Cape Town kasi.
2007 N. Ngcobo Some of My Best Friends are White 33..I love the townships, man. Every opportunity I get, I head for the nearest kasie I can find.
2007 M. Khotha in Sowetan 27 Dec. 31[H]e invited the players to compete in the township in order to expose them to “kasi football” at the dusty ground.
2014 writeassociates.co.za (DSAE Corpus)Hala to anyone who knows good flats in a Kasi!
2023 briefly.co.za (DSAE Corpus)The former Bafana Bafana star can be seen displaying his simple and famous smile..in the kasi.
2. adjective Denoting township life and culture. Cf. ekasi adverb.
2014 trufm.co.za (DSAE Corpus)Khoza is straight up kasi, well not entirely, kind of cosmopolitan kasi.
2018 livemag.co.za (DSAE Corpus)He kept it kasi, but with an urban touch – rocking skinny jeans before the cool kids even imagined they would.
township noun sense 2. Also attributive.
Denoting township life and culture.
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