African Slang Words Starting With "H"

Hakim (Wise)

ሐኪም/ሐኪም (Hakeem) - doctor

Hakhayt (I laughed)

Haki/kitu cha haki (Right/rightful thing)

Hakika/uhakika (Surely/certainty)

Hakika (Certainly - from Swahili)

Miiri, kunnafoni (Mind, intelligence)

Par terre, au sol (On the ground)

Intelligemment (Intelligently)

Hakim (Judge)

Wise person

Hakima (Ruling)

Hakimu/mwamuzi (Judge/arbitrator)

Hakizimana (God saves - common name)

Means “like this” or “like that,” youth use it as a filler or to say “just because.”

Like that

Hukama' (Wise women)

Entre/No meio Fula (Between/In middle Fula)

There is no or no worries

“No worries.” Popularized by Lion King, but genuinely used in Tanzania for “no problem.”

Ma fi mushkila (No problem - from Swahili)

Hakuna shida (No problem)

Hakè to (Never mind - Dioula)

Mɔgɔ min bɛ hakilina jugu kɛ, min bɛ ko gɛlɛnw ɲini (Someone who thinks bad thoughts, who looks for trouble)

Better than nothing (Somali idiom)

Greet/call out (Holler/greet)

Right now/immediately

Hala (To shout/make noise)

Call / shout at.

Describes loud angry noise or hollering in an argument.

Halal (Permissible)

Used to pressure someone into doing or saying something. (Origin: Sudanese Arabic, lit. "I made you swear")

Halafu/baadaye (Then/later)

Halayib (Halaib)

Legitimate; proper

Permissible in Islam

Permissible/clean (Arabic-French)

Suq fi Kassala (Market in Kassala)

We're done.

Fenugreek

Fenugreek

Half/fifty percent

50%/Middle (Half)

Nusu (Half)

Half (Half)

Demi pansyon (Half board)

Half board (Partial)

Same parent sibling (Partial sibling)

Half cabin (Front taxi seat)

Fifty-fifty