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Bakkie - Pronounced 'buckie' is a pick-up. Probably one of the most important words to learn as you often end up in the back of one.
Hiking - Doesn't refer to walking but hitchhiking.
Babbelas - Hangover
Chief - A respectful way to refer to any person who stops for you initially.
Dankie - Pronounced 'Donkey' and meaning Thanks. if you wanna say thanks a lot you just say 'Buy a donkey'. It's afrikaans and not Namibian english though.
Robot - Traffic light (not that they are common outside [[Windhoek]])
Biltong - Dehydrated meat. It's cheap and extremely good food on the road provided that you're not a vegetarian.
Circle - Roundabout