bakkie
/ˈbaki/ /ˈbʌki
/noun (plural bakkies) South African
1A light truck or pickup truck.They were especially successful in sales of bakkies (pick-ups)....
- Three people died and six others were injured when a bakkie and a truck collided outside Stutterheim yesterday afternoon.
- Sales of new light commercial vehicles, bakkies and minibuses had also maintained strong upward momentum.
2A small basin or other container.Back at camp we enjoyed lovely showers (OK, the manual pick-up-a-bakkie-of-water-out-the-drum-and-throw-it over-your-head shower).
Origin
Afrikaans, from bak 'container' + the diminutive suffix -ie.