Browse African Slang

NHIS wahala - Health insurance issues

Numéro d'Identification Fiscale (Tax ID) - French acronym

Chuo cha Teknolojia (National Institute of Technology)

Nothing much

Nikmok; f your mom (vulgar)

Internet slang used in casual texting to indicate you're not doing anything significant and turning the question back

إن پي سي - Non-player character

Stres oor studiebeurs (Stress about study loan)

Not safe for work

Nation TV

Namibia University of Science and Technology

Na (To come - Dioula)

Various uses: as 'is/are' or to emphasize negation (like 'not'). E.g. It na easy (It's not easy), I na coming (I'm not c...

Donner (To give)

With happiness

Na lie (It's a lie)

Literally 'They're kids' – used to dismiss someone's behavior as childish or someone as immature.

À la maison (At home)

Dans la rue (In the street)

Na hora (On time)

Not easy/Serious (No joke/Significant)

That's how it is (That's right)

Así es (That's how it is)

That's how it is (That's the situation)

Na so life be (That's life)

Na so? (Is that so?)

Na true (It's true)

An exclamation roughly meaning 'Wow' or 'What a pity/strange thing.' Short for 'na wahala oh.' Expresses surprise, frust...

Avec toi là (With you there)

“Suit yourself” or “that’s your business,” used when someone insists on their way.

Donne ça (Give that)

Vaca em Fula (Cow in Fula)

نعمة (Blessing / wealth)

Mint

Naaba (Chief)

I have no idea / I’m clueless (Ugandan street slang).

A vulgar Afrikaans slang term meaning to have sexual intercourse; often used as an expletive or insult in South African ...

Naam (Traditional work group)

Naam sida (Truth of power)

Naani (Four - Dioula)

A tangerine/mandarin orange.

Naas (Four - Mooré)

Naasara-wende (Christian God)

The female equivalent of “waryaa,” meaning “Hey, woman!” Often considered impolite if used toward women.

Naba yure (Chief's name - royal title)

Naba-biiga (Chief's child - privileged person)

Peace (Somali) - common greeting

Goodbye (peace)

Goodbye/peace be with you (Somali)

Peace and prosperity (Somali farewell)