Browse African Slang

An enthusiastic affirmation roughly meaning "Yeah, absolutely yes!" "Yebo" is Zulu for "yes" (or a vigorous "yes indeed"...

يد وحدة - يد واحدة (one hand)

Hand

F*ck you (vulgar)

Yeel (To say - Mooré)

يفهم (Understands)

የፍቅር ጌታ/ፍቅረኛ (Love master/boyfriend)

“Child of love,” joking term for someone who’s always in love or has many crushes. Usage: Selam is yefker lij – every we...

(Tigrinya) Meaning 'my love.' In Tigrinya (spoken in Eritrea), one might say yefkre or fikri for love. Yefkrey (f.) or y...

يفرن (Yefren)

يفشل (Fails)

የኛ/የኛ (Ours)

Yeh! (Agreement)

የሐበሻ ልጅ/የኢትዮጵያ ልጅ (Ethiopian child)

Literally “country boy,” used to call someone naive or old-fashioned. Usage: He still asks permission for everything – y...

يهدر (Talks / speaks)

Taza min janub (Fresh from south)

يجازيك (Rewards you)

የቐንየለይ/አመሰግናለሁ (Thank you - Tigrinya)

يكفي (Enough / sufficient)

يخبي (He's hitting on)

يخبز (Bakes)

يخدم (Works)

يخلط (Mixes)

يكرمك (Honors you)

يكسب (Wins / earns)

يكسر القانون (Breaks the rules)

يكتب (Writes)

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

Yel-wende (God's word)

يلعب (Plays)

There is (Berber)

Yelle (To say)

Yelle-doogo (Problem place - troubled area)

Yellow bone (Light-skinned person)

Carton jaune (Yellow card)

Yellow card warning - First warning

Taxi cab (Yellow taxi)

Light-skinned person (Fair complexioned)

Two hundred cedi note

Presse à scandale (Tabloid press)

Means “that’s life” or “it happens,” said with a shrug (literally “what can you do”). Usage: Missed your flight? Yemasle...

Yemb (One - Mooré)

Right direction (Arabic-French)

Means “whatever” or “who cares.” Used when you’re indifferent.

يما (Mom / mother)

يمشي (Walks / goes)

የኔ/የኔ (Mine/my)

የኔ ቆንጆ/የኔ ቆንጆ (My beautiful)

የኔ ነገር/የኔ ሰው (My thing/my person)