Browse African Slang

Aldeia / povoação (Village / settlement)

Mchezo wa kukimbia (Running game)

Lagarto (Lizard)

Paix (Peace)

God's peace

Chemistry

Kimoja/kitu kimoja (One thing)

Fainéant, paresseux (Lazy person)

Mouvement religieux (Religious movement) - terme historique

Kimya/utulivu (Quiet/silence)

Paix/calme (Peace/calm)

Quem não arrisca (Who doesn't risk)

Quem tem boca (Who has mouth)

Quem quer tudo (Who wants all)

Kinshasa la belle (Beautiful Kinshasa) - French

Quem planta (Who plants)

Quem semeia vento (Who sows wind)

Quem espera (Who waits)

Quem corre (Who runs)

Ala ya muziki (Musical instrument)

ቅንጬ/ቅንጬ (Cracked wheat)

Nice / generous (Afrikaans influence).

Kind (Good hearted)

Un peu, genre (Kind of, sort of)

Ten shillings

መዋዕለ ሕፃናት/መዋዕለ ሕፃናት (Mewaele hitsanat) - kindergarten

Sorcellerie (Witchcraft) - terme régional

كينج - King

Mfalme/mkuu (King/ruler)

Lusuku lwekutalwa kweNgwenyama (King's birth day)

Le plus fort (The strongest)

Grande taille (King size)

Disease prevention

Disease prevention

Traditional prevention

Xhumana nembuso (Kingdom connect)

Lutsandvo lwembuso (Kingdom love)

Kutitfukumela ngebucosi (Kingdom pride)

Umoya wembuso (Kingdom mood)

Vender na rua (To sell on the street)

Kìní (Danse/Dance)

Sexual preference

Capitale du Pool (Pool capital)

Kinkeliba (Medicinal plant)

Double bell

Means girls or young women (from Afrikaans meisiekind shortened to kinders) – popular in urban Namibia

Habitant de Kinshasa (Person from Kinshasa) - French/Lingala

Capitale RDC (DRC capital) - ville sœur

Kinshasa Book Fair

Vínculo de parentesco profundo (Deep kinship bond)