Browse African Slang

ኪኒን/ኪኒን (Kinin) - pill/tablet

ታዲያስ/ታዲያስ (Tadias) - hello

ታህሳስ/ታህሳስ (Tahsas) - December

ቆዳ ሰሪ/ቆዳ ሰሪ (Koda seri) - leather worker

ግብር ቢሮ/ግብር ቢሮ (Gibir biro) - tax office

ታክሲ ተራ/ታክሲ ተራ (Taxi tera) - taxi stand

የቡድን ስብሰባ/የቡድን ስብሰባ (Yebudin sibseba) - team meeting

ጠበብ/ጠበብ (Tebeb) - cool/awesome

ቴክኖሎጂ/ቴክኖሎጂ (Technology campus)

ቴዲ አፍሮ/ቴዲ አፍሮ (Famous singer)

ጠጅ ቤት/ጠጅ ቤት (Traditional bar)

ተክላላ/መንገድ አቋራጭ (Shortcut)

ተክለሃይማኖት/ተክለሃይማኖት (Teklehaimanot) - area

ቴሌብር/ቴሌብር (Telebirr) - telecom money

ጠላ/ጠላ (Traditional beer)

ጥሎሽ/ጥሎሽ (Dowry)

ተማሪ/ተማሪ (Student)

አስር/አስር (Asir) - ten

ጤና/ጤና (Health)

ጤና አዳም/ጤና አዳም (Rue plant)

ጤና አዳም/ጤና አዳም (Tenadam) - rue plant

ጠንካራ/ጠንካራ (Tenkara) - strong

የቴኒስ ሜዳ/የቴኒስ ሜዳ (Yetenis meda) - tennis court

ተራራ/ተራራ (Terara) - mountain

ጥሬ ስጋ/ጥሬ ስጋ (Raw meat)

ጥረት/ጥረት (Hatred)

Amharic for “straight road,” slang meaning “the right path” or doing right. Often said ironically to a friend who’s misb...

ጠዋት/ጠዋት (Tewat) - morning

ጥያቄ/ጥያቄ (Teyake) - question

Means “wise” or “clever,” but youth use it ironically for a friend acting like a know-it-all or goody-goody. Usage: Alri...

ቲያትር/ቲያትር (Theater) - theater

ሶስት/ሶስት (Sost) - three

ነጎድጓድ/ነጎድጓድ (Thunder)

ሐሙስ/ሐሙስ (Hamus) - Thursday

ጥበብ/ባህላዊ ጌጥ (Traditional design)

ጥብስ/የተጠበሰ ስጋ (Fried meat)

ትግራይ/ትግራይ (Tigray) - Tigray people/region

ትግርኛ ዳንስ/ትግርኛ ዳንስ (Tigrigna dance) - Tigrigna dance

ትግርኛ ሙዚቃ/ትግርኛ ሙዚቃ (Tigrigna music)

ቲክቶከር/ቲክቶከር (TikToker)

ጥቅምት/ጥቅምት (Tikimit) - October

ጥቁር/ጥቁር (Tikur) - black

ጥቁር አዝሙድ/ጥቁር አዝሙድ (Black cumin)

ጥላ/ጥላ (Tila) - hatred

ትላንት/ትላንት (Yesterday)

ጥልፍ/ጥልፍ (Embroidery)

ጥሎሽ/ጥሎሽ (Tilosh) - dowry

ቲማቲም ሰላጣ/ቲማቲም ሰላጣ (Tomato salad)

ጥምቀት/ጥምቀት (Timket) - Epiphany

ጥር/ጥር (Tir) - January