African Slang Words Starting With "T"

Vamos em sena (Let's go in Sena)

ትዝታ/ትዝታ (Nostalgia/memory music)

تيزنيت سيلفر - فضة تيزنيت (Tiznit silver jewelry)

Homme en Dioula (Man in Dioula)

Homme en Dioula (Man in Dioula)

Quartier de Pointe-Noire (Pointe-Noire neighborhood)

Tiébélé (Decorated houses)

Knock off / finish work.

End of workday (esp. on Friday), time to knock off.

Expression yekumangala (Expression of amazement)

Joo / Wow (Expression of surprise)

Exclamation of shock.

Expressing repeated surprise.

Tjo! (Expression of amazement)

Oku kwata omukalo / keep quiet (Keep quiet)

Chocolate (nickname/skin tone praise).

'n Goeie vriend (A good friend)

Pronounced 'chops,' it refers to meat chops or can affectionately mean friends/guys

A widely understood term for a bribe. Tjotjo (pronounced CHAW-chaw) is used in many South African languages to mean an i...

Cool / impressive / nice.

تكلم بالحق - تكلم بالحق (speak truth)

Short for “t’inquiète” (French “don’t worry”), used in texting or speech as a quick “no worries.”. Usage: I’ll be a bit ...

Don't worry (text)

Go up/climb

Ho ja haholo / To ja a lot

Tlang (Come - plural)

Ku tlanga, ku cina (To dance, to party)

Meeting/encounter

Tlase / Down (Below / Down)

Tlhabololo (Development)

Tlhaloganya (Understanding)

Tlhaloganyo (Understanding)

Tlhapa (Wash/Bath)

Tlhaselo (Attack)

Tlhe (Please - emphatic)

Tlhoafalo (Hatred)

Tlhogo (Head)

Tlhola (Never/Always)

Onomatopoeic for intimate activity.

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

Tlokweng (Border village)

Ho tlola / To jump (To jump / To skip)

Tlolamo (Jumping)

Tlolomolao (Crime)

A coded or euphemistic slang term for sexual intercourse. It's a playful, almost onomatopoeic term used to discreetly re...

Dates

Tmar (Dates)

ትምህርት ቤት/ትምህርት ቤት (Tmhrt bet) - school

Tamu juntu (Estamos junto) (We're together)

Ou, ou bien (Or)