African Slang Words Starting With "M"

Bisous (Kisses)

You’ve run off/escaped" (Chichewa)

Good afternoon

Mwajiri/mtu anayeajiri (Employer/person who employs)

Mwaka mpya/mwanzo wa mwaka (New year/year beginning)

Professeur (Teacher) - Swahili

Mtu wa elimu (Education person)

Head teacher

Mwalimu wa juu (Senior teacher)

Mwalimu mwenye mamlaka (Teacher with authority)

Quran teacher

Mtu anayefundisha desturi (Person who teaches traditions)

Mwalimu wa teknolojia mpya (Teacher of new technology)

Mtu anayefundisha maisha (Person who teaches about life)

Mtu thabiti na wa kuaminika (Stable and trustworthy person)

Coral reef

Huit (Eight)

King/chief (Eastern DRC)

Mwami (Husband/Lord)

Mtu wa kuaminiwa (Trustworthy person)

Mtu anayeaminika (Trustworthy person)

Child

Mtoto kwa Kikuyu (Child in Kikuyu)

Enfant, jeune (Child, young person) - Lingala

Kriansa/filhu (Criança/filho) (Child/son)

Enfant (Child)

Mwana (Child)

Enfant, gamin (Child, kid)

Child

Mtoto/kijana (Child/youth)

Child

Mwana FA/msanii (Mwana FA/artist)

All casual address terms like “dude/buddy” in Lingala slang (mwana mayi = child of water, oncle = uncle, etc.). Usage: E...

Compatriote (Compatriot)

Compatriote (Fellow countryman)

Pas un vrai compatriote (Not a real countryman)

Fils (Son)

Fille (Daughter)

Insult: 'son of a dog'" (Chichewa)

Son

Daughter

Rich kid

Compatriote, congolais (Fellow countryman, Congolese)

A friendly way to refer to someone (literally “child/young one,” but used like “dude/buddy”).

Mwanamke kwa Kitaita (Woman in Taita)

Mwanafunzi/mtalii (Student/learner)

Mwanafunzi mzuri sana (Very good student)

Mwanafunzi wa daraja la juu (Student of high grade)

Mwanaume kwa Kitaita (Man in Taita)

Mwanasheria/mjuzi wa sheria (Lawyer/law expert)