bakkie
noun
bak·kie ˈba-kē 
plural bakkies
South Africa
: a small van or truck
But the margins are small and from the money he earns he must pay his two sons who help him, cover the cost of petrol for his bakkie and pay for medicines should any of the cows fall ill.
Patrick Burnett, Inter Press Service, 29 Aug. 2009
Patrick Burnett, Inter Press Service, 29 Aug. 2009
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Afrikaans, "small container, light truck," from bak "container, bed of a truck" (going back to Dutch, "trough, tank") + -ie, diminutive suffix (going back to Dutch -je)
First Known Use
1968, in the meaning defined above