African Slang Words Starting With "K"

Kazi tu (Just work)

Kazi ya kozi (Course work)

Kazi ya mikono (Handwork)

Kazi ya mchanga, kazi ngumu (Manual labor, hard work)

Kazi za nyumbani (House chores)

Youth jobs

Kazinga (Herbal steam bath)

Dança tradicional (Traditional dance)

أجواء كيهيدي (Kaédi vibes)

Sacred mask dancer

Big/large; also 'grown up'

كبير (Big / large)

Kbira (Older girl)

Big (feminine)

Ke December (It's December mood)

Dis Desember baas (It's December boss)

(Sesotho/Setswana) 'I love you' (said to one person). A direct love declaration in Sotho-Tswana languages. Response: Le ...

Ke a go rata thata (I love you very much)

Ke itumetse (I'm thankful)

Ke batla tjena / Expression

“It’s boss” – it’s awesome or <a href="/word/<a href="/word/you" class="internal-link" title="View definition of You">yo...

Ke eng? (What's up?/What is it?)

Ke go rata blind (I love you blindly)

“I swear” or “honestly” (to stress truth)" ("Setswana slang")

Ke kopa (Please/I'm asking)

Ke nahana mos / Expression

'I am thirsty' in Sesotho, sometimes slang implying thirsty in a figurative sense (e.g. eager for gossip or other things...

How are you (How are you)

Ke hantle / Ke phela hantle (I'm good / I'm living well)

Kulungile / Ngiyavuma (It's okay / I agree)

Ke sharp (I'm good)

Ke mona / I'm here (I'm present)

Ke teng (I'm here/I'm fine)

“I’m just kidding” (literally ‘I’m fooling people’)" ("Setswana slang")

Ke tlo kantle / Expression

Ke a leboga (Thank you)

Attention! (Be careful!)

كباب (Kebab)

كباب - Kebab

Ho batla haholo / To batla a lot

Big / old.

ቀበሌ/ቀበሌ (Kebele) - local administration

Means “respect,” but youth use it as “props” or “credit.”. Usage: Keber new, you finished that marathon! I couldn’t do t...

ከበሮ/ከበሮ (Drum)

Pensa muitu (Pensar muito) (Think hard)

Fugir rápido (Run away fast)

Cemitério/Enterro (Cemetery/Burial)

Like that / this way.

Just like that.

كده كده - Anyway