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Daba

🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
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Daba definition 1

Travailler dur (To work hard)

"Il faut daba pour réussir dans la vie (You have to work hard to succeed in life)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Daba definition 2

Houe, aussi travailler dur (Hoe, also to work hard)

"Il faut daba pour avoir de l'argent (You have to work hard to get money)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
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2 community definitions
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Daba 🇲🇱 Mali

Traditional farming tool, also means work (Origin: Bambara/Malian)

"Time to get the daba and work"
Daba 🇲🇦 Morocco

Now

"Aji daba (Come now)"

🇨🇮 About Côte d'Ivoire Slang

Ivorian slang centres on Nouchi, a colourful urban creole born in Abidjan that blends French with Dioula, Bété, and other local languages into one of West Africa's most distinctive street dialects.

KASINARY has 1498 Côte d'Ivoire slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Daba" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Daba 🇲🇱 Mali

Now
Daba 🇲🇦 Morocco

Now
Daba 🇧🇯 Benin

Travailler dur (Work hard)
Daba 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Daba (Girl/girlfriend - youth slang)
Daba 🇹🇩 Chad

Maintenant

🇨🇮 More Côte d'Ivoire Slang

Gagne-pain Source de revenu (Livelihood) Vendeur-crieur Vendeur ambulant (Street hawker) C'est tchass C'est fini, terminé (It's over, finished) Kpakpa Chaussures en Nouchi (Shoes in Nouchi) Djiguiya Espoir en Dioula (Hope in Dioula) Eburnéa Relatif à la Côte d'Ivoire (Related to Ivory Coast)
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