Browse African Slang

Gutema inkwi (To cut firewood - to work hard)

Gutembera (To walk around)

Gutembera hamwe (To walk together)

Gutera (Throwing)

Guterura hamwe (To cook together)

Guteza imbere (To develop/advance)

The act of dumping or rejecting someone. Similar to above, but used as a verb

Gutinya (To fear)

Gutinyuka (To be startled)

Gutinyura (To intimidate)

Gutongana (To quarrel)

Gutsinda (To defeat/overcome)

Gutsinda hamwe (To succeed together)

Gutsindwa (To be defeated)

Gutter cover - Drainage cover

Gutter flooding - Drainage overflow

Gutter to glory - From poverty to success

Gutumira (To invite)

Gutunganya (To organize/prepare)

Gutwara (To drive/carry)

Gutwika umuliro (To light fire - to start trouble)

Gutwikurura (Unveiling ceremony)

Success and freedom

ጉይላ - ዝምባለ፣ ሓጐስ (Dance/Party)

Guerre guerre (War war - conflict)

Guerrier du Guéra (Guera warrior)

Guérison attendue (Healing awaited)

Guérison espérée (Hoped healing)

Guérison nationale (National healing)

Guérison totale (Total healing)

Soigneur traditionnel (Traditional healer)

Guérisseur consulté (Healer consulted)

Guérisseur moderne (Modern healer)

Tradipraticien actuel (Modern healer)

Tradipraticien réputé (Reputed traditional healer)

Tradipraticien reconnu (Reputed traditional healer)

Shyness / fear to approach.

Slang from Amharic “ጎድኛ” (comrade/ally). Equivalent to “bro” or “buddy.”

Gwada (Guadeloupean)

Coward / scared.

To go or leave (Nyanja slang – literally *“I have gone”* when used as “nagwamo”).

Slang for “stories” or “gossip” (from Shona *ngano* or street corruption of “go on”). Popularized by urban youth.

Imali eningi (Lots of money)

Means to chicken out or be scared. If someone 'pulls a gwara,' they backed off due to fear

Densi kutoka Kenya (Dance from Kenya)

Festival de música popular (Popular music festival)

Gweta (Baobab village)

Chasing gwop (Chasing money)

Gwèman (Government - French/Dioula)

Gyae saa (Stop that) - Cease that behavior