African Slang Words Starting With "K"

Kuwa maarufu (To be famous)

Kushikana kwa nguvu katika mchezo (To hold tightly in a game)

Kugona / Kugona tulo tofa mtolo (To sleep deeply)

Kuyabandza (It's cold)

Kuweka kitu kwenye ukuta wa mtandao wa kijamii (To post something on social media wall)

To be broke

Kubanja (Squeeze in taxi)

Kupata bahati (To get lucky)

Kupunguza bei (To bargain)

Kaza humildi (Casa humilde) (Humble home)

Casa tradicional / cubata (Traditional house / hut)

In Shona, literally “to stab,” but slang-wise used to mean *to leave/escape*.

Kuyesa / Kuyesera mwayi (To try / take a chance)

Kubaza (To ask)

It was epic / great.

Kushinda (To beat / win)

To swipe or take slyly without permission" (Chichewa slang)

Literally 'carrying stones,' a humorous phrase for being stood up or waiting in vain. If someone never showed up to a me...

To steal money

To steal

Kuba / Kupanga zachinyengo (To steal / cheat)

Kubernetes (Kubernetes)

Kubeshya (To lie)

Kucheza / Kuyenda ukuwerenga (To play around / waste time)

To pay

Kukundikana (To fail)

Guhisha ukuri (To hide the truth)

Kubika mu banki (To save in bank)

Kufurahia sana (To enjoy greatly)

To be robbed

Kuwa mweusi (To be dark-skinned)

Kuzuia mtu mtandaoni (To block someone online)

Gukora ikintu mu buryo bunyuranije (To do something cleverly)

Kuchoka (To get bored)

Kubogora (To have diarrhea)

Kuboha (To tie/bind)

Ukuboko (Arm)

Street boy/Rough person (Street smart person)

Kubona (To find/see)

Kubona inyungu (To get profit)

Kubona neza (To see well - understand)

To talk or chat, from 'bonga' (talk). 'Twende tubonge' means let's go talk.

Kulankhula / Kuyankhula (To speak / talk)

Kubumba (To make pottery)

Kubungabunga (To conserve/maintain)

Kubungabunga ibiryo (To preserve food)

Kubura aho bigwa hasi (To lack where to fall - to be desperate)

Kuburana (To sue/take to court)

Kurekodi muziki (To record music)

Kupata furaha (To get happiness)