Browse African Slang

Fresh goods/Latest arrival (New inventory)

Nouvelle vague, nouveau style (New wave, new style)

New yam festival (Yam celebration)

Nouvelle normalité (New normal)

Beginner progress/First results (Initial improvement)

News (Current affairs)

Agrégateur de nouvelles local (Local news aggregator)

Búsqueda de noticias alternativas (Alternative news seek)

Umcoca tindaba (News teller)

Fuente de noticias limitada (Limited news source)

نيوزفيد - Newsfeed

نيوزليتر (Newsletter)

نيكست تشابتر - الفصل التالي (next chapter)

Neighboring house/Adjacent (Next door)

Prochaine génération (Next gen)

Prochaine génération (Next generation)

Next level (Higher stage)

نكست ليفل ثينكنق (Next level thinking)

Next time (Another occasion)

The day after tomorrow (common Nigerian English usage).

Next week (Next week)

Cantora popular moçambicana (Popular Mozambican singer)

Orona / Nose

Neza (Good/well)

شخص، إنسان (Person, human)

Chefe local (Local chief)

Ng'ombe/mnyama wa maziva (Cow/milk animal)

Big cow

Ng'ombe wa maziwa (Dairy cow)

Mama wa Kisukuma (Sukuma mother)

A filler that intensifies emotion, like “so” or “really.”

Nga (Girl/woman)

Moi (Me) - Lingala

Toi et moi (You and me)

Mungu wa Mlima Kenya (God of Mount Kenya)

Water spinach

Ngaka (Doctor/Traditional healer)

Me/I (Self)

Guérisseur traditionnel (Traditional healer)

Consulta con nganga (Nganga consultation)

Ngangisano (Disagreement)

Pessoa do grupo étnico Nganguela (Person from Nganguela ethnic group)

Slang for matatu (public transport minibus).

Chenilles comestibles (Edible caterpillars)

Ngaoundere (Regional capital)

Ngapi? (How many/much?)

Ngata (Prison)

Distrito de Ngauma (Ngauma district)

Sauce de feuilles (Leaf sauce)

Manioc modernisé (Modernized cassava)