Young Africans

Kompyuta ya meza (Table computer)

Rooftop/dari la jengo (Rooftop/building roof)

Kuripoti/kukaripia (Report/complain)

Kiongozi wa familia kubwa (Leader of extended family)

Joke for “flash” or call and hang up (literally “make a call on a Chinese (phone)” implying cheap action).

To tell (from English “show” as in show or indicate).

To provoke or hype someone (similar to Kenyan usage “encourage aggressively”).

Rangi ya dhahabu (Gold color)

(Lingala) The word for 'love' in Lingala, a language spoken in D.R. Congo. It's often hear…

Umgidi (traditional ceremony)

Shower yemwenga (bridal shower)

Pati yevakomana (bachelor party)

Nhaurirano dzeroora (lobola negotiations)