Browse African Slang

Kunywa (To drink)

Kunywa hamwe (To drink together)

Kuraba (To check/see)

Kuragira (To vow/promise)

Kuraguza ubwoba (Dowry ceremony)

Kuraguza umugongo (To gossip)

Kuraguza umunwa (To have breakfast - literally 'buy the mouth')

Kurakara (To be angry)

Kurambagiza (To introduce fiancé to family)

Kurara (To spend the night)

Kurara neza (To sleep well)

Kure (Far)

Kureba (To watch/look)

Kurema (To create/make baskets)

Kurema akazi (To create jobs)

Kurengana (To wrong each other)

Kurenganya (To argue/dispute)

Kurengera abacecetse (To protect the weak)

Kurengera mu ijuru (To float in the sky - to daydream)

Kurima ubutaka (To cultivate land - to be productive)

Kurinda (To protect)

Kurinda isuku (To maintain hygiene)

Kurira (To cry/travel far)

Kurira hamwe (To cry together)

Kurira inkorora (To cough)

Kuririmba (To sing)

Kurondora (To supervise/follow up)

Kuronka (To be hungry)

Kurwanya ikinyoma (To fight lies)

Kurwara (To be sick)

Kurya (To eat)

Kurya buhoro (To eat slowly)

Kurya hamwe (To eat together - to be close friends)

Kurya imitima (To eat hearts - to worry)

Kurya n'umuryango (To eat with family)

Kurya neza (To eat well)

Kurya saa sita (To eat at noon)

Kurya ubusabane (To eat in sharing)

Kurya ubwenge (To eat intelligence - to be very clever)

Kuryama (To betray)

Kuryama hakiri kare (To sleep early)

Kutajana (Not to get along)

Kutamenya (Not to know)

Kutitaho (Not to care)

Kutumvikana (Misunderstanding)

Kuva hejuru (From above - from authority)

Kuvoma inka (To milk a cow - to benefit)

Kuvuga flow (To speak smoothly/rap)

Kuvuga induru (To speak loudly/shout)

Kuvuga ukuri (To tell truth)