African Slang Words Starting With "K"

Ukuthenga nokuthengisa (buying and selling)

Making juice

To sell

Social exclusion

To be hot/angry

Kushuka kutoka garini (To get off a vehicle)

Kuwa na mimba, hasa kwa vijana (To be pregnant, especially for young people)

Kutuma ujumbe (To send a message)

To run

Kukamba nkhani / Kufalitsa mphekesera (To spread stories / gossip)

Kupewa kuuzidwa / Kutchova (To avoid being caught / escape)

From English 'throw words,' means to diss or subtly insult.

Kuchita chinthu chovuta / Kupambana zovuta (To do something difficult / overcome challenges)

That/to

Completely silent; dead quiet (onomatopoeic)" (Chichewa idiom)

Kuweka (To put / to have)

Kuweka dawa (To apply medicine)

Treating diseases

Kufanya jambo kikamilike (To make something complete)

Kutitaho (Not to care)

Swahili for 'to remove sweat,' meaning to work extremely hard (sweating) for money. Used to emphasize effort put into ea...

To unlock or reveal something, often secrets.

Exorcism

Kufanya kelele au kutoa sauti (To make noise or sound)

To be genuine or drop pretenses (like removing tinted glasses to see clearly).

Kufanya vizuri sana (To nail it / do excellently)

Kuepuka hali ngumu au adhabu (To avoid difficult situation or punishment)

Kutenga / Kupeza (To get / obtain)

Esfriar (To cool down)

Kuwa maarufu mtandaoni (To trend online)

To close eyes

Petits trucs (Small things)

Forward/ahead

Kutsvaira (sweeping)

Kuwa mtulivu (To be calm)

To exit

Kutum (From Kutum)

Kuzamisha chakula katika mchuzi (To dip food in sauce)

Kuharaifu pesa (Wasting money)

Kutumvikana (Misunderstanding)

Kushughulikia mazao (To take care of crops)

Keeping history

To wink

Kuimba wimbo (To release a song)

Kuu kiling ti (It's not one thing)

Kuhisi uchungu (To feel pain / be hurt)

Kuwa na maumivu (To have pain)

Kuunga/kuchanganya (Mixing/combining)

Kujiunga pamoja (To join together)

To dry