Browse African Slang

Tiro ya diatla (Handiwork)

Tjo! (Expression of amazement)

Tlang (Come - plural)

Tlhabololo (Development)

Tlhaloganya (Understanding)

Tlhaloganyo (Understanding)

Tlhapa (Wash/Bath)

Tlhaselo (Attack)

Tlhe (Please - emphatic)

Tlhoafalo (Hatred)

Tlhogo (Head)

Tlhola (Never/Always)

“Leave it” or “stop it” (command to quit doing something) (Origin: Setswana)

Tlokweng (Border village)

Tlolamo (Jumping)

Tlolomolao (Crime)

Tomato sauce (Ketchup)

Tombstone unveiling (Memorial ceremony)

Tonakgolo (Vice President)

Tonic water (Mixer)

Tonki (Donkey)

Top (Good/Excellent)

Top up (Add more)

Toropo (Town)

Tota (Really/Truly)

Tow truck (Recovery vehicle)

Toxic relationship

Toyi toyi (Protest dance)

Traditional roles (Gender roles)

Traditional values (Cultural beliefs)

Traffic (Road congestion)

Trap (Hip hop subgenre)

Trigger dance (Hip hop dance)

Triple OG (Very respected elder)

Triple Sec (Orange liqueur)

Tropika (Fruit juice)

True love (Real love)

Trust fund (Inheritance fund)

Trust issues (Trust problems)

Trying for a baby (Conceiving)

Tsa (Things/Stuff)

Tsa badimo di ediwa (Ancestors' things are danced)

Tsabong (Kgalagadi capital)

Tsala (Friend)

Tsamaya sentle (Go well/Goodbye to person leaving)

Tsaya (Take)

Tsaya tebogo (Take it easy/Relax)

Tsela (Road)

Tseleng (On the road)

Tsena (Come in/Enter)