Browse African Slang

ደማከሴ/ደማከሴ (Traditional herb)

ደማከሴ/ደማከሴ (Damakesse) - medicinal plant

ዳሽን/ዳሽን (Dashen)

የሕፃናት ማቆያ/የሕፃናት ማቆያ (Yehitsanat makoya) - daycare

ደብር/ደብር (Deber) - feast

ዴቢት ካርድ/ዴቢት ካርድ (Debit card) - debit card

ደብረ/ደብረ (Debre) - monastery

ደቡብ/ደቡብ (Debub) - south/wind

ማስዋብ/ማስዋብ (Maswab) - decoration

ደደብ/ደንቆሮ (Stupid/fool)

ደብተር/ደብተር (Defter) - notebook

የዲግሪ ሰርተፍኬት/የዲግሪ ሰርተፍኬት (Yedegree certificate) - degree certificate

ድሃ/ድሃ (Deha) - poor person

ደሓን/ደህና (Fine - Tigrinya)

ደህና ነህ/ደህና ነህ (Dehna neh) - how are you (m)

ደህና ነሽ/ደህና ነሽ (Dehna nesh) - how are you (f)

ዴሊቨሪ አፕ/ዴሊቨሪ አፕ (Delivery app) - delivery app

ደመር/ደመና (Cloud)

Literally “it’s blood,” meaning something is intense or for real. Usage: Exams bicha? Demmu new, man, you have to study ...

ደሞ ምን/ደሞ ምን (But what)

ደንቃማ/ደንቃማ (Denkama) - lazy

ደንቆሮ/ደንቆሮ (Denqoro) - stupid/fool

ዲዛይነር ብራንድ/ዲዛይነር ብራንድ (Designer brand) - designer brand

ደስታ/ደስታ (Happiness)

ጤዛ/ጤዛ (Dew)

ዱጋ/እውነት (Truth - Oromo)

ዳይፐር/ዳይፐር (Diaper) - diaper

ዲያስፖራ ላይፍ/የውጭ ኑሮ (Diaspora life)

ናፍጣ/ናፍጣ (Nafta) - diesel

ድንጋይ/ድንጋይ (Dingay) - stone/rock

የእራት ቀጠሮ/የእራት ቀጠሮ (Yerat ketero) - dinner date

ሳህን ማጠቢያ/ሳህን ማጠቢያ (Sahn matebia) - dishwasher

ድስት/ድስት (Dist) - pot

ዲስታንስ/የርቀት (Distance)

ድመት/ድመት (Dmet) - cat

ሰነድ/ሰነድ (Sened) - document

የበር ደወል/የበር ደወል (Yeber dewel) - doorbell

ዶርም/ዶርም (Dormitory)

ዶሮ ወጥ/ዶሮ ወጥ (Doro wat) - chicken stew

ዶሮ ወጥ/የዶሮ ወጥ (Chicken stew)

ደብል ላይፍ/ድርብ ኑሮ (Double life)

ለሁለት ሰው ክፍል/ለሁለት ሰው ክፍል (Lehulet sew kifil) - double room

ህልም/ህልም (Hilim) - dream

ቀሚስ/ቀሚስ (Kemis) - dress

ነጠብጣብ መስኖ/ነጠብጣብ መስኖ (Netebtab mesno) - drip irrigation

ድርቅ/ድርቅ (Dirk) - drought

ስከር/ሰከረ (Drunk)

ዱቄት/ገንዘብ (Flour/money slang)

ዱላ/ዱላ (Dula) - walking stick

ዱለት/ዱለት (Mixed meat dish)