African Slang Words Starting With "K"

Kutchuka pa net / Kulankhulidwa (To be famous on net / talked about)

Kuyambitsa zatsopano / Fashion (To start new / fashion)

Kukwiya msanga / Chifukwa (To anger quickly / because)

Kukhala chikondi / Chenicheni (To be love / true)

Kukhala mgwirizano / Wosatheka (To be bond / unbreakable)

Kukhala chikondi / Chopanda malire (To be love / without limits)

Kugwira ntchito / Yochepa (To do work / little)

Kukhala chikondi / Chosafa (To be love / undying)

Company yaikulu / Kwambiri (Company big / very)

Kugwirizanitsa anthu / Wamphamvu (To unite people / powerful)

Kukhala mgwirizano / Wantchito (To be union / workers)

Kukhala chikondi / Cha dziko lonse (To be love / universal)

Kukhala opanda / Label (To be without / label)

Osafikirika mu competition / Onse (Unreachable in competition / all)

Kugulitsa pamsika / Kuchita malonda (To sell at market / trade)

Kuyika ndalama / Ma startup (To invest money / startups)

Kutsimikizidwa / Kukhala woona (To be confirmed / be real)

Kuwononga chisangalalo / Cha anthu (To destroy fun / people)

Kukhala kumudzi / Wamba (To be village / traditional)

Kuona tsogolo / Ntchito (To see future / work)

Kutsogolera kuona / Tsogolo (To lead seeing / future)

Kugwira ntchito / Yaulere (To do work / free)

Kudzuka / Kusagona (To wake up / not sleep)

Kuulula zachinyengo / Ntchito (To reveal fraud / work)

Kugulitsa zambiri / Kupereka (To sell bulk / supply)

Kukhala mkazi / Wakwatiwa (To be woman / married)

Kukhala woyenera / Waukwati (To be suitable / marriage)

Kukhala mkazi / Woyenera (To be wife / suitable)

Kudziwa zochitika / Zonse (To know happening / all)

Kukhala wa dziko / Lonse labwino (To be world / all good)

Kuki? (Why?)

Kuogopa kupata mimba (To avoid pregnancy)

Kutumia pesa haraka haraka (To spend money quickly)

To be broke

A Shona slang term meaning improvising or hustling in desperate times. It's about making do with whatever resources avai...

Kuko (Because)

To knock/tap

Colher, colheita (To harvest)

To heal/get better

Kuwa mtu mkuu (To become an adult)

To be happy

Kukonza thupi / Kukhala wokongola (To fix the body / look good)

Lacking money

Chicken

Dajaj (Chicken - Swahili)

Just/might as well (Eventually)

Grandmother (Elder female)

Kuku wa asili (Indigenous chicken)

Kuku wa kukaanga (Fried chicken)

Kuku wa asili (Local chicken)