Browse African Slang

Goodbye till we meet

Kwahu Easter - Easter celebration in Kwahu

Good; fine; nice

Kwaito (Music genre)

Master of kwaito music (Kwaito expert)

Kwaka inzu (To build a house - to establish oneself)

Kwakira (To receive)

Kwakira abageni (To receive guests)

Kwakira abakiriya (To receive customers)

Kwakira abashyitsi (To welcome guests)

Kwakira amafaranga (To receive money)

Lie or nonsense.

Kwamamaza (To advertise/market)

Kwambuka uruzi (To cross the river - to overcome challenges)

It felt good / was nice.

"It's nice here."

Kwandika (To write)

Kwandika ubutumwa (To text/send message)

Kwanga (To hate/refuse)

Pain de manioc (Cassava bread)

Kwangisha (To make hate)

Je? (What?)

Pessoa do grupo étnico Kwanyama (Person from Kwanyama ethnic group)

Dinheiro angolano (Angolan money)

Kwanza/mara ya kwanza (First/first time)

ኳስ/ኳስ (Kwas) - ball

Fool; strong insult.

Kwasia buroni (Foolish person) - Strong insult

Foolish talk/Stupidity (Foolishness)

Kwassa kwassa dance

كويس - جيد (Good - fine)

Denial or pretending not to know someone.

Kwegera umuriro (To approach fire - to take risks)

Kwegukira (To prosper/become rich)

Tamam ziyada (Very good/excellent)

Kweku Ananse - Trickster/clever person

Kwela (Pennywhistle music)

Kweli/ukweli (Really/truth)

Kwemera (To accept)

Kwemeza (To approve/confirm)

Kwena (Crocodile - dangerous)

Kwena ya metsi (Water crocodile - patient hunter)

Kwenda/kusafiri kwenda (Going/traveling to)

Dodgeball (a local kids’ game), used to mean avoiding responsibility.

Kwerekana (To show/reveal)

To struggle

To dodge; avoid

Bonsoir (Good evening)

Refers to the Westernized or educated elite (from 'civilized'). Speaking 'big big English' means talking like the kwi pe...

The educated elite or Westernized folks.