African Slang Words Starting With "L"

Traditional age-grade society

Income target

Lengoma (Drum)

Lenong (Vulture - opportunist)

Lenzi (Lens)

لنز (Lens)

Très lent (Slow as a snail)

Lentswe (Stone)

Lenyalo (Wedding)

Lenyalo la Setswana (Traditional wedding)

Lenyora (Thirst)

Today

El yom (Today - from Swahili)

Siku ya leo (Today)

“Today is the day” implying now’s the moment or it’s going down today.

“Today is today, whoever says tomorrow is a liar,” meaning seize the day. Often abbreviated to **Leo ni leo**.

Local currency (Leone)

Sebaka se kotsi / Dangerous place

Lep (To date/go out with)

Skinny person (Thin)

Lepanta (Pants)

Lephokojwe (Jackal)

Lepokole (Hills)

Sethoto / Motho e mohlanya (Fool / Crazy person)

Lequel (Which one)

Lerago (Love)

Lerapo (Bone)

Lerato (Love)

Maikutlo a Leribe / Leribe feeling

Laba, lot kote (Over there)

Lerole (Dust)

Lerotse (Sorghum porridge)

Lerumo (Spear)

Kit, les tonbe (Leave, let go)

Groupe musical mythique (Legendary music group)

La jeunesse prend les commandes (Youth in power)

Le père et la mère (Father and mother)

Les enfants (The children)

La période est difficile (Times are hard)

Les anciens (The elders)

Équipe nationale de football (National football team)

Lesego (Blessing)

Leseni ya udereva (Driving license)

Why like that? (Arabic)

Means a hidden relationship or side affair. Used to describe a lover kept secret.

Dress

Lesilo (Fool)

A cheeky Kenyan term referring to the practice of stashing money in a lesso (wrapper cloth) at home, as some grandmother...

Regular wrapper

Sefaha sa Basotho / Basotho hat (Basotho hat)