African Slang Words Starting With "C"

Bad spirit

شيبس (Chips / fries)

Litapole tse halikiloeng / French fries (Fried potatoes / Chips)

Bint raha ma'ak (Girl goes with you)

Msichana wa kulala naye mara moja (One night stand girl)

Ibiryo bya Kenya (Kenyan food)

Chipsi za pilipili (Spiced chips)

Ibiryo vya Tanzania (Tanzanian food)

Fool

Chipukizi/mtu mdogo (Small fish/little person)

Point

Intwasahlobo (spring)

Estação chuvosa (Rainy season)

Terg, pla (To tease, annoy)

Opération (Surgery)

Surgeon

Choice/selection

Cold season

Oshiwambo for cheese/money (Money/cash)

Stingy person.

Slang for a shaved head or very close haircut (like a buzz cut). It comes from a brand of insecticide once used for trea...

Bald head winner | Kaal kop wenner

Unmarried person

African fabric/wrapper

A huge lie; tall tale" (Chichewa slang)

Door

Fool

Mhepo ine guruva (dust storm)

Chitungwiza (Dormitory town)

Lago Chiuta (Lake Chiuta)

Chivas Regal (Whisky)

Drizzle

Ghost/spirit

Sweet potato

Initiation dance

What?

Traditional jumping game

Protective charm

شكارة' = حرفياً كيس، مجازاً 'واسطة/مال تحت الطاولة'. (EN: 'Money-bag,' i.e., favoritism/bribe.)

Who

Who is; combined form

A little bit; from French 'un peu'

شنو كاين، ما الأخبار (What's up, what's new)

Chnoua? means “What?” in Tunisian (equivalent to shinu in other dialects).

Kif inty? (How are you?)

Chobe (River/National Park)

Persona tacaña (Stingy person)

To eat money (embezzle)

Slang for a R20 note. Possibly derived from "chocolate" due to the old R20's color, choc is used in casual talk about mo...

Instrumento de agitar (Shaker instrument)