Browse African Slang

How side? (How's your area?)

How are you? (Health inquiry)

How's it going? (Time inquiry)

How shall we do it? (What's the plan?)

What do you mean? (Explain)

Used at sentence start to emphasize or call attention (literally “he”).

Rwandanized 'how come?' often pronounced hauly. Used when something is puzzling

A friendly greeting short for 'How is it?'. Means 'Hello' or 'How are you doing?'.

Casual greeting meaning 'How's it going?'. Borrowed from South African English, extremely common among young Namibians

Casual greeting meaning 'How's it going?'. Borrowed from South African English, extremely common among young Namibians

Sadness

Hram (Haram/forbidden - Arabic)

“Shame on you,” or “that’s cruel of you.”. Usage: You ate the last cookie while I was gone? Hram 3lik, I was saving that...

Criminal/outlaw

Burn

Silk

هريسة (Spicy paste)

Harvest

Horse

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ኋላ/ኋላ (Huala) - back/behind

Natural de Huambo (From Huambo)

ዋዌ/ዋዌ (Huawei)

Centre névralgique (Hub)

Logistics hub

Future hubby (Future husband)

Go hug (To embrace)

In Guinea this means 'body lotion' or cream (similar to 'pommade'). Someone might ask for huile meaning lotion, not lite...

Oil

Anointing oil

Palm oil

Huile de palme (Palm oil)

a really annoying laugh

Agent de justice (Bailiff)

Valo / Eight

Hali yako? (How are you?)

Hapa salama (Here it's peaceful)

Government

Jugement/Sentence (Judgment/Sentence)

Hukuntsi (Desert town)

**(Vulgar)** A derogatory term for a prostitute or promiscuous woman (used in several Zambian languages, e.g., Nyanja).

Hulka/tabia ya mtu (Character/person's behavior)

Acquiescement (Agreement)

هيومان كونيكشن - اتصال إنساني (human connection)

Seeks real connections

Dignité humaine respectée (Respected human dignity)

هيومن انتراكشن (Human interaction)

Emalungelo ebuntfu (Human rights)

Teaches human rights

Full humanity