Browse African Slang

ኤም ብር/ኤም ብር (M-Birr) - mobile money

ማል/ምን (What - Oromo)

መብላት/መብላት (Mablat) - to eat

ማኪያቶ/ማኪያቶ (Macchiato)

From English “mad,” used to mean crazy/great. Habesha youth often say “mad vibe” meaning very cool. Usage: The party las...

Means someone who got dumped or ditched (literally “pushed away”).

መሐከል/መሐከል (Maekel) - middle/center

ማህበር/ማህበር (Religious association)

ማህሙድ/ማህሙድ አህመድ (Mahmoud Ahmed)

ማማችዬ/ማማችዬ (Mamachuye) - my dear (feminine)

ማሞ/ሞቅ ያለ ሰው (Cool person/hottie)

ማንቸስተር/ማንቸስተር (Manchester)

ማንኪያ/ማንኪያ (Mankia) - spoon

የእጅ ጽሑፍ/የእጅ ጽሑፍ (Ye'ij tsihuf) - manuscript

ማር/ጣፋጭ (Honey/sweet one)

ማራቶን ሯጭ/ማራቶን ሯጭ (Marathon ruach) - marathon runner

ማረሻ/ማረሻ (Maresha) - plow

ማቅመም/ማቅመም (Makimem) - marinating

የጋብቻ ሰርተፍኬት/የጋብቻ ሰርተፍኬት (Yegabcha certificate) - marriage certificate

ማርቴሎ/ማርቴሎ (Martelo) - hammer

ማሽላ/ማሽላ (Mashila) - sorghum

ማሲላ/ማሲላ (Masila) - harvest season

ማሲንቆ/ማሲንቆ (One-string fiddle)

ማሲንቆ ተጫዋች/ማሲንቆ ተጫዋች (Masinko techawach) - masinko player

ግንበኛ/ግንበኛ (Ginbegna) - mason

ማስተሪንግ/ማስተሪንግ (Mastering) - mastering

ሁለተኛ ዲግሪ/ሁለተኛ ዲግሪ (Huletegna degree) - masters degree

ሒሳብ/ሒሳብ (Hisab/Matematik) - mathematics

ማጥናት/ማጥናት (Matena) - studying

መብራት/መብራት (Mebrat) - cosmetics

ሜዳ/ሜዳ (Meda) - field/plain

መድብ/መድብ (Medeb) - herbal medicine

መድኃኔ ዓለም/የዓለም መድኃኔ (Savior of the world)

መድኃኒት/መድኃኒት (Medicine)

መገመት/መገመት (Megemet) - to buy

መገናኛ/መገናኛ (Junction)

መሄድ/መሄድ (Mehedet) - to go

መከኛ/መከኛ (Mekegna) - boring person

መቀሌ/መቀሌ (Mekelle) - Mekelle University

መከር/መከር (Cloudy)

ሙቀት/ሙቀት (Meket) - heat

መኪና/መኪና (Mekina) - car

መልስ/መልስ (Melas) - answer/reply

መልስ/መልስ (Reply/answer)

መልካም/መልካም (Good/blessing)

መልካም ቀን/መልካም ቀን (Melkam ken) - good day

መልሴ/ሙሽራ (Bride)

መልሲ/መልሲ (Melsi) - response ceremony

መምህር/አስተማሪ (Teacher)

መምህር/መምህር (Memhir) - teacher