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Bala

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Bala definition 1

Bala (So/then - Mooré)

"Bala ti kẽe! (So let's go!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Bala definition 2

Balafone (instrumento) (Balafone instrument)

"Toka bala na festa. (Play balafone at party.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
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2 community definitions
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August 2025

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Bala 🇿🇦 South Africa

Ho bala, ho ithuta (To read, to learn)

"O bala buka efe? (Which book are you reading?)"
Bala 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Balafone (instrumento) (Balafone instrument)

"Toka bala na festa. (Play balafone at party.)"

🇧🇫 About Burkina Faso Slang

Burkina Faso slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

KASINARY has 1733 Burkina Faso slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Bala" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Bala 🇿🇦 South Africa

Ho bala, ho ithuta (To read, to learn)
Bala 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

Balafone (instrumento) (Balafone instrument)
Bala 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Bala (Without)

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