African Slang Words Starting With "M"

A street-smart hustler, sometimes with connotations of petty criminal or mischievous youth.

Street-smart tricks or cunning behavior.

Muyenga (Being high/drunk)

Muzakhkhrafa (Ornamented)

Muzannyo (Game/Sport)

Muzarraqa (Blued)

Muramu (Brother/Sister-in-law)

Muzigo (Single room rental)

Música alta (Loud music)

Musiqa (Music - Swahili)

Muziki (Music)

Good music

Muziki wa kizazi (Original music)

Muziki wa moja kwa moja (Live music)

Muziki wa redio (Radio music)

Muzlima (Dark)

Kaldo di pêxi (Caldo de peixe) (Fish soup)

Prato de peixe seco (Dried fish dish)

Aldeia/vila (Aldeia/vila) (Village)

Muzujajiya (Glass)

Muzukulu (Grandchild - Museveni reference)

A white person/foreigner (common in many African countries, not derogatory in itself, just descriptive).

Bien (Good) - Swahili

Muñ rek (Just be patient)

Art oratoire fang (Fang oral art)

Kaslan (Lazy - Swahili)

Mvivu/mtu asiye na bidii (Lazy/person without effort)

Mvog (Neighborhood prefix)

Mvulu (From Mvolo)

Rain

Mvua (Rain)

Matar shadid (Heavy rain - from Swahili)

Pluie (Rain)

Matar byinzil (It's raining)

Mvua inayonyesha kwa nguvu (Rain that falls heavily)

Much rain

Blessed rain

Mvua ya kilimo (Planting rains)

Mvua ya msimu mkuu (Long rains)

Annual rains

A rich person (“moneyed one”). Usage: Ye mvuandu ya quartier – He’s the rich guy of the neighborhood.

Mvuke/moshi (Steam/smoke)

Rain

Chuva (Rain)

Pluie (Rain)

Heavy rain

Thunderstorm

Mtu anayesubiri (Patient person)

Traditional fisherman

Bien, bon en fang (Good, well in Fang)