Browse African Slang

Umunsi w'ishimwe (Day of thanksgiving)

Umunsi w'iterambere (Development day)

Umunsi w'ubucuruzi (Commerce day)

Umunsi w'ubukwe (Wedding day)

Umunsi w'ubumwe (Unity day)

Umunsi w'uburezi (Education day)

Umunsi w'ubuzima (Health day)

Umunsi w'ubwigenge (Independence day)

Umunsi w'umuco (Culture day)

Umunsi w'umuganuro (Harvest festival)

Umunsi w'umuryango (Family day)

Umunsi w'umusaruro (Harvest day)

Umunsi w'urukundo (Valentine's day)

Umunsi wo gusaba (Proposal day)

Umunsi wo gusoma (Day of grinding)

Umunsi wo gutangaza (Day of announcement)

Umunsi wo kwibuka (Memorial day)

Umunuko (Pestle)

Umunwa mubi uvuga ibyiza (A bad mouth speaks good things - even critics can be right)

Umunyamabanga (Secretary)

Umunyamakuru (Reporter)

Umunyu (Salt)

Umupasitori (Pastor)

Umupfakara (Widower)

Umupfakazi (Widow)

Umupira (Ball/football)

Umurabyo (Lightning)

Umurima (Farm/field)

Umurimo (Work/task)

Umurimo utanga imbere (Progressive work)

Umuririmbyi (Singer)

Umuriro udutse ku musozi uraboneka kure (Fire lit on a hill is seen from afar - actions have wide impact)

Umuriro w'inkwi (Firewood fire)

Umurundi (Burundian person)

Umurundi w'ukuri (True Burundian)

Umuryango (Family)

Umuryango mukuru (Extended family)

Umuryango utarangira (Family that doesn't end)

Umuryango w'abacuruzi (Traders' association)

Umusaruro (Production/output)

Umusaza avuga ati nkiri muto (An old man says I'm still young - age is relative)

Umushahara (Salary)

Umushahara mukuru (High salary)

Umushahara muto (Low salary)

Umushikiranganji (Representative)

Umushinga (Project/plan)

Umushyitsi adahabwa umukono arabona uwo kurya (A guest not given a hand sees who to eat from - rejection teaches discrim...

Umusore (Young man)

Umusore w'umukobwa (Girl's boyfriend)

Umusoro (Tax)