African Slang Words Starting With "B"

"Where are they from?"

Basga (Mask)

Sherehe kubwa (Big party)

Big party / event (Large party)

Ipati enkulu / Umcimbi omkhulu (Big party / Big event)

Party

Bash (Party)

Hafla kabira (Big party)

Originally “pasha,” now used playfully to mean “boss” or “sir” when addressing a male peer.

Rajul muhim (Important man/boss)

Sebaka sa ho noa joala / Tavern (Place to drink alcohol / Tavern)

Malo suguya, ɲɔ dumuni (Type of rice, corn food)

Bashiki (Sisters-in-law)

Bashir (Optimistic/good news)

Bashment party tonight (Bashment party tonight)

Bus (Bus - Swahili)

Bus

Basi/gari kubwa la abiria (Bus/big passenger car)

A handy Chichewa word meaning 'enough' or 'that's it/just that.' It's used to conclude something, or to say 'only that'....

Passenger bus

Ɔwɔ, tiɲɛ don (No problem, it's true)

Ordinary / plain (Simple / common)

Umuntu usanzwe cyane (Very ordinary person)

Adi jiddan (Very ordinary)

بيسك - Basic

بيسك (Basic / ordinary)

ቤሲክ/ተራ (Basic/ordinary)

Gewoon, boring (Ordinary, boring)

Ordiner, senp (Basic, simple)

Básico, sem graça (Basic, boring)

Ya kawaida tu (Basic/ordinary)

Basilique de Brazzaville (Brazzaville basilica)

Mali bazin, tissu malien (Mali bazin, Malian fabric)

Basit (Simple/Naive)

Basketball shoes

Basket (Basketball)

Basket (Basketball)

Takalmin wasa (Sneakers)

Basket (Woven container)

Basket (Basketball)

Kulunga tinkhamba (Making baskets)

Straw craft/Container making (Traditional weaving)

Basketball

ቅርጫት ኳስ/ቅርጫት ኳስ (Kirchat kwas) - basketball

Basket (Basketball)

Hoop game/B-ball (Basketball)

Umupira wa basket (Basketball)

Basketball (Basketball)

Hoops ground/B-ball area (Basketball area)

Basketball area (Basketball area)