Browse African Slang

Y'a pas son deux (There's no second - it's the best)

Y'a wili (Oh my - Arabic)

YOLO (You only live once)

Ya bon (It's good - pidgin)

Ya foule (There's a crowd)

Ya foyi (It's nothing - Dioula)

Ya pas (There isn't - pidgin)

Ya sõma (It's good - Mooré)

Ya tuudu (It's hot - Mooré)

Ya yɩɩl (It's cold - Mooré)

Yaa (Is/to be - Mooré)

Yaa ka tõndo (Market has unity - commerce brings people together)

Yaa la fin (That's the end)

Yaa-raogo yiib kaam (Market gossip spreads fast)

Yaab n pa maan sore (Troubles don't announce arrival)

Yaab-neda (Problem person - troublemaker)

Yaab-poko (Grandfather)

Yaab-raare (Trouble coming)

Yaaba (Grandmother)

Yaar-soaba (Lover owner - main partner)

Yaars (Outsiders - from Yarsé)

Yalemde saan n koose (Respect's payment sells - courtesy pays)

Yam kibaré? (How are you? - Mooré)

Yam soma (I'm tired - Mooré)

Yam-bee (Wisdom lost - confused)

Yam-kõbgo (Wisdom seeker)

Yam-ramba (Good person)

Yam-rawa (Wise man - good partner)

Yam-rogme (Wisdom market - learning place)

Yam-tõe yaa burkĩna (Wisdom-unity is Burkina - national motto)

Yam-wẽnde (Intelligence - Mooré)

Yarse (Trader class)

Yeel (To say - Mooré)

Yel-kẽenga n pa zabr (Good deeds don't fight)

Yel-wende (God's word)

Yelle (To say)

Yelle-doogo (Problem place - troubled area)

Yemb (One - Mooré)

Yennenga (Legendary princess)

Yibeogo (Truth)

Yiib (Two - Mooré)

Yiige (To see)

Yiile (To sing)

Yikri (To get up)

Yir seg n pa yire (A house's secret doesn't go outside)

Yir-kasenga sõng-ye (Home elders are strength)

Yir-n-maanse (Home building - establishing family)

Yir-neba (House people - family members)

Yir-soba (Head of household)

Yir-wende (House of God)