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Words starting with "Y" (652 found, showing 301-350)

Yehager lij

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

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

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Yehder

🌍 Libya

يهدر (Talks / speaks)

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Yejazik

🌍 Libya

يجازيك (Rewards you)

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Yekenyelley

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

የቐንየለይ/አመሰግናለሁ (Thank you - Tigrinya)

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Yekfi

🌍 Libya

يكفي (Enough / sufficient)

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Yekhabbi

🌍 Libya

يخبي (He's hitting on)

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Yekhbez

🌍 Libya

يخبز (Bakes)

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Yekhdem

🌍 Libya

يخدم (Works)

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Yekhlat

🌍 Libya

يخلط (Mixes)

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Yekremek

🌍 Libya

يكرمك (Honors you)

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Yekseb

🌍 Libya

يكسب (Wins / earns)

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Yekser el 9anoon

🌍 Libya

يكسر القانون (Breaks the rules)

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Yekteb

🌍 Libya

يكتب (Writes)

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Yel-kẽenga n pa zabr

🌍 Burkina Faso

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

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Yel-wende

🌍 Burkina Faso

Yel-wende (God's word)

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Yel3ab

🌍 Libya

يلعب (Plays)

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Yella

🇩🇿 Algeria

There is (Berber)

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Yelle

🌍 Burkina Faso

Yelle (To climb)

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Yelle-doogo

🌍 Burkina Faso

Yelle-doogo (Problem place - troubled area)

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Yellow

🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Cowardly

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Yellow bone

🇧🇼 Botswana

Yellow bone (Light-skinned person)

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Yellow card

🌍 Gabon

Player warning (Caution)

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Yellow card warning

🇬🇭 Ghana

Yellow card warning - First warning

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Yellow machine

🌍 Liberia

Taxi cab (Yellow taxi)

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Yellow pawpaw

🇬🇭 Ghana

Light-skinned person (Fair complexioned)

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Yellow yellow

🇬🇭 Ghana

Two hundred cedi note

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Yellow-press

🌍 Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

Presse à scandale (Tabloid press)

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Yelp

🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Review app

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Yemaslega

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

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

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Yemb

🌍 Burkina Faso

Yemb (One - Mooré)

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Yemin droite

🌍 Djibouti

Right direction (Arabic-French)

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Yemita

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

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

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Yemma

🌍 Libya

يما (Mom / mother)

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Yemshi

🌍 Libya

يمشي (Walks / goes)

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Yene

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

የኔ/የኔ (Mine/my)

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Yene konjo

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

የኔ ቆንጆ/የኔ ቆንጆ (My beautiful)

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Yene neger

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

የኔ ነገር/የኔ ሰው (My thing/my person)

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Yenene

🌍 The Gambia

Yenene rek nga def (You're just pretending)

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Yenjah

🌍 Libya

ينجح (Succeeds)

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Yennayer

🇩🇿 Algeria

Berber New Year

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Yennenga

🌍 Burkina Faso

Yennenga (Legendary princess)

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Yensa

🌍 Libya

ينسى (Forgets)

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Yentie obiaa

🇬🇭 Ghana

We won't listen to anyone.

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Yenza

In African <a href="/word/slang" class="internal-link" title="View definition of Slang">slang</a>, Yenza refers to a con...

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Yenzi

🌍 Gabon

Ethnie du sud (Southern ethnic group)

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Yep

🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Yes

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Yer7am

🌍 Libya

يرحم (Have mercy)

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Yeras gulgul

🇪🇹 Ethiopia

የራስ ጉልጉል/የራስ ጉልጉል (Yeras gulgul) - pillow

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Yerkod

🌍 Libya

يركض (Runs)

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Yes

🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Agreement

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