Browse African Slang

Tan (Ten - Dioula)

Antananarivo / Renivohitra (Antananarivo / Capital)

Avy Antananarivo / Mponina an-drenivohitra (From Antananarivo / Capital resident)

Partenaire linguistique (Language partner)

Attention au futur / Mind the future

Se promener (Stroll)

Tanga/mji wa pwani (Tanga/coastal city)

Fish sail

Wandering aimlessly (Tanga is a region, pori means bush – implying going off track).

Tàngán (Village/Village)

Tanganyika (Lake Tanganyika)

Medicinal ginger

Tangawizi/viungo (Ginger/spices)

Tangawizi (Ginger)

طنجة (Tangier)

Thank you (Gratitude)

Water tank

Rain tank

Thanks together (Group thanks)

Thank you Kwangali (Big thanks)

Tout le temps (All the time)

Second/again

Tanimbary / Rice field

Tanindrazana / Ancestral land

Tanindrazana malala / Beloved homeland

طنجاوي - من طنجة (from Tangier)

تانك - حامي الفريق (team protector)

شكراً (Thank you - Soninke)

Thank you in Berber

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

تانري سميل - رائحة الدباغة (tannery odor)

Tanneur (Leather worker)

Auntie in Afrikaans, but widely used to politely address or refer to any older woman

Tanora / Youth

Jeune malgache / Young Malagasy

Tempo quente (Hot weather)

Tanqueray (Gin)

Histoire malgache / Malagasy history

Tante aimante (Loving aunt)

Accompli / Accomplished

Tante, femme respectable (Aunt, respectable woman)

Tante (Aunt)

Tantie (Miss/Ma'am)

Tante qui gâte les enfants (Aunt who spoils kids)

Vendeuse de beignets (Donut seller)

Vendeuse de café (Coffee seller woman)

Tantine (Auntie - respectful term)

Tout à l'heure (Later/earlier)

Tantôt (Later/see you - French)

Tout à l'heure