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Cop

🇪🇹 Ethiopia Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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ኮፕ/መግዛት (Cop/buy)

"Gonna cop those shoes (Gonna cop those shoes)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Cop 🇩🇿 Algeria

Buy/purchase

"Gonna cop those"
Cop 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Thenga (Buy)

"I need to cop those shoes (I need to cop those shoes)"

🇪🇹 About Ethiopia Slang

Ethiopian slang spans Amharic, Oromo, and Tigrinya, with Addis Abeba youth culture driving a mix of traditional expressions and modern street language.

KASINARY has 1778 Ethiopia slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Cop" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Cop 🇩🇿 Algeria

Buy/purchase
Cop 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Thenga (Buy)
Cop 🇬🇲 Gambia

Cop naa yére yu bees (I bought new clothes)
Cop 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Kugura ikintu (To buy something)

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