Indulgences

1. Chokoleti

   Chocolate

   Usage

   A sweet treat you can name directly in a shop

   Grammar Note

   The Tsonga Wikipedia has a heading "Chokoleti"; it is a loanword from English

2. Chukele ro tshwuka

   Brown sugar

   Usage

   Brown sugar, used for sweetness and in home brewing

   Grammar Note

   The beer articles in the Tsonga Wikipedia use "chukele ro tshwuka" (literally red sugar). the linker before the adjective is "ro" in this phrase

3. Makanyi

   Marula fruit

   Usage

   A yellow fruit eaten as it is or used to make drinks

   Grammar Note

   The Tsonga Wikipedia says "Mihandzu ya nkanyi yi vuriwa makanyi" (the fruits of the nkanyi are called makanyi) and describes them as turning yellowish when ripe

4. Makhekhe

   Cakes and pastries

   Usage

   Cakes and baked sweets, often paired with coffee

   Grammar Note

   FLORES has it in forms such as "Makhekhe ya le German" (German pastries). It is a loanword from English cake, used in the plural

5. Xihlenge

   Honeycomb

   Usage

   A honeycomb, long eaten as a sweet

   Grammar Note

   A headword in the Cuénod dictionary glossed as honeycomb. It has no second source, so point at the thing if it is not understood

6. Gwava

   Guava

   Usage

   A fruit grown in gardens and sold at markets

   Grammar Note

   The Tsonga Wikipedia calls "Gwava" a tree grown at home whose fruit is eaten and sold at markets

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