Browse African Slang

Alimentation athlétique (Sports nutrition)

نيوتريشن تراكنق (Nutrition tracking)

Alimentation équilibrée (Balanced nutrition)

Nutritionist

ناتس (Nuts)

Marchandise (Merchandise)

Œuvres (Works)

Tristesse (Sadness)

Food

A term from Igbo that refers to a cultural concept, object, or action. It is commonly used in everyday speech within com...

Nevermind

Nwa (Drink)

Nwantantay (Plank mask)

A term from African languages referring to cultural concepts or everyday objects.

Ho nyonya / Click tongue (To express annoyance)

A clicking exclamation (sometimes written 'nca' or 'nxah'). Often means 'sure' or satisfaction ('okay/yes'), whereas mxm...

Nxae (Expression of dismissal)

Nxai Pan (National Park)

Que Dieu garde / May God keep

L'esprit fait l'homme / Spirit makes the person

L'amour est la base / Love is the foundation

Un arbre seul ne fait pas forêt / One tree doesn't make forest

Know

Mi nyaagii mo (I asked him/her)

Nourriture, repas (Food, meal)

Talkative speech.

Madam

My dear (female)

Nyagasani (Sir/Madam)

Mchaga wa Kihaya (Haya youth)

Chukua (Take)

Nyakubahwa (Respected one)

Jovem Fula (Fula youth)

Nyam sa bu neex (Delicious nyam sa soup)

Nyama/mwili wa mnyama (Meat/animal flesh)

Animal (Animal)

La viande (Meat)

Nyama ya kuchoma (Roasted meat)

Sherehe ya nyama ya kuchoma (Roasted meat festival)

Viande de classe (Classy meat)

Nyama ya kondoo (Sheep meat)

Nyama ya kuku (Chicken meat)

Chicken meat

Nyama ya mbuzi (Goat meat)

Nyama na mchuzi (Meat with sauce)

Nyama ya ng'ombe (Beef)

Nyama halisi (Real meat)

Nyama ya punda (Donkey meat)

Mixing different foods together

God's grace (God's mercy)