Browse African Slang

Yaourt de maïs fermenté (Fermented corn yogurt)

Thank you (Thanks)

Merci beaucoup (Thank you very much)

Thank you (Thanks to you)

Réunion (Meeting)

Local distilled gin.

Lézard (Lizard)

Slang for “forget about it” or “let it go.” (Origin: Sudanese Arabic, lit. "break the jaw")

Creole tradition

University dormitory name (Legon hall)

Tortue (Turtle)

Mungu kwa Kiturkana (God in Turkana)

አኩኩሉ/አኩኩሉ (Akukulu) - traditional game

Akwa (Downtown Douala)

Akwaaba (Welcome) - Greeting for arrivals

Bienvenue (Welcome)

Plato de coco rallado (Grated coconut dish)

Ashanti festival (Traditional ceremony)

Àkwɛ́ (Argent/Money)

Gagner de l'argent (Make money)

Boy/Young man (Boy)

Coq (Rooster)

Chaussure (Shoe)

Joking reference to someone being lazy or bumming around (from “entakh” meaning to lounge). Usage: Get up and help inste...

No (Berber)

Que Dieu te bénisse (May God bless you)

Another common exclamation of mild shock or 'eh?' often after realizing something obvious a bit late.

Cérémonie de coupe de cheveux / Hair cutting ceremony

New goods

Unload goods

Cargo inspection

Cargo counting/inventory

Hundred

Tout va bien (Everything is fine)

Halafu? (So what?)

Alahelo / Sorrow

Faux (Fake person)

Menteur (Liar)

Ku am alal (Someone honest)

The riches

Face marks

Cerimónia tradicional de casamento (Traditional wedding ceremony)

Terra Balanta (Balanta land)

አላርም/አላርም (Alarm) - alarm

Wake up device (Morning bell)

I-alarm (Alarm)

Sells alarm systems

Système d'alerte local (Neighborhood alarm)

Alarme (Alarm)

Alasiri/wakati wa mchana (Afternoon/day time)