STALKING GERALDINE
A Novel
SOME AFRICAN VERNACULAR
| Bakkie | A pickup truck |
| Bergie | A tramp |
| Biltong | Spicy sausage |
| Boeremusiek | Traditional Afrikaner music |
| Boma | An enclosure, esp. a fence of thorn bush |
| Braaivleis | A barbecue |
| Bwana | Important personage |
| Dagga | Marijuana |
| Donga | A fissure formed by soil erosion |
| Drift | A place to ford a river |
| Fundi | An expert |
| Ganja | Marijuana |
| Gramadoelas | The back of beyond |
| Kaalgat | Naked |
| Kloof | A gorge |
| Koppie | A hill |
| Matric | Final year of high school |
| Mekoro | A dugout canoe |
| Nagaapie | Galago. A small arboreal mammal |
| Nek | The ridge between two peaks |
| Pan | A lake, usually dry |
| Pap | Weak or soft |
| Quat | A soporific drug, usually chewed |
| Ratel | A honey badger |
| Stoep | A porch |
| Takkies | Canvas shoes, often worn without socks |
| Tsotsie | A habitual criminal |
| Ou | A man, probably white |
| Panga | A machete |
| Varkie | Little pig - a bottle of cheap wine |
| Veldt | Open space |