What does Match mean?

Ntolatan kelenya, jeu compétition (Playing competition, game competition) For example: "Mali ka match bɛ bi su. (Mali's match is tonight.)"

Where does the slang word Match come from?

Match is a slang term from Mali. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Mali and across Africa.

Match

🇲🇱 Mali Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Match definition 1

Ntolatan kelenya, jeu compétition (Playing competition, game competition)

"Mali ka match bɛ bi su. (Mali's match is tonight.)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇲🇱 Mali
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Match 🇩🇿 Algeria

Game/match; sports event

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Match 🇸🇨 Seychelles

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"Match kont Praslin demen (Match against Praslin tomorrow)"

🇲🇱 About Mali Slang

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

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🌍 "Match" Across Africa

This word is also used in 28 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Match 🇩🇿 Algeria

Dating match

Match 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Mas (Match)

Match 🇿🇦 South Africa

Pas saam (Compatible)

Match 🇸🇩 Sudan

Mubara (Game/match)

Match 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Mubara (Game/competition)

Match 🇦🇴 Angola

Combinação no Tinder (Tinder match)

Match 🇧🇯 Benin

Compétition sportive (Sports match)

Match 🇧🇼 Botswana

Match (Mutual interest)

Match 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Match (Game)

Match 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Match (Game/match)

Match 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Match de foot (Football match)

Match 🇩🇯 Djibouti

Match/game (French/English)

Match 🇪🇬 Egypt

ماتش - Match

Match 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ማች/ተመሳሳይ (Match)

Match 🇬🇭 Ghana

Mutual interest/Connection (Dating connection)

Match 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Match (Match)

Match 🇰🇪 Kenya

Mechi (Match)

Match 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Papali / Game (Match / Game)

Match 🇱🇷 Liberia

Game/Competition (Match)

Match 🇱🇾 Libya

ماتش (Match / game)

Match 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Combinar roupas (To match clothes)

Match 🇳🇦 Namibia

Ompata (Sports game)

Match 🇬🇲 Gambia

Perfect match (Perfect partner)

Match 🇳🇪 Niger

Wasa (Match)

Match 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Guhuza imyambaro (To coordinate clothes)

Match 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Kombiná (Combinar) (Match)

Match 🇿🇲 Zambia

Game

Match 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Mutambo (match)

🇲🇱 More Mali Slang

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