Browse African Slang

TV (Television)

Taarab (Swahili music)

Tab (Bar bill)

Tabasco (Hot sauce)

Tafole (Table)

Take away (Food to go)

Taken (In relationship)

Takeout (Restaurant food to go)

Tanqueray (Gin)

Taolo (Control)

Tau (Lion - brave person)

Tau e bilediwa mafura (Lion is cooked in its fat)

Tau ya boroko (Sleeping lion - lazy but dangerous)

Tawuza (Thousand)

Tax clearance (Tax certificate)

Tekatekano (Equality)

Tekesi (Taxi)

Tender (Government contract)

Terena (Train)

Thaba (Mountain)

Old man; father (from “old timer” – used like ‘dad’)" ("Setswana-English slang")

Thamaga (Bakgatla village)

Thapama (Midday)

Thapelo (Prayer)

Tharo (Three)

Thata (Very/Hard)

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree

The one (Perfect partner)

Thebe ga e ipone morago (Shield can't see its back)

There's no place like home

Thipa (Knife)

Thobane (Whip)

Thobo ya pula (Rain season)

Tholo (Kudu)

Thousand island (Dressing)

Thubego (Destruction)

Thunya (Gun)

Thupa (Stick/Rod)

Thutlwa (Giraffe)

Thuto (Teaching/Sermon)

Tia Maria (Coffee liqueur)

Tidimalo (Silence)

Ten pula (money slang; e.g. 2 *tiga* = 20 pula)" ("Local slang")

Tiger (R10 note)

Tiger mom (Strict mother)

Till death do us part (Marriage vow)

Time warp (Rocky Horror dance)

Ting (Sour porridge)

Tiragatso (Implementation)

Tiro (Work/Job)