African Elements

a 7 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "we".

aba Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "allocate, share".

àdá Igbo
Igbo word meaning "eldest daughter".

adé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "crown".

Àfọ̀ Igbo
Igbo word referring to a day of the week.

áká Igbo
Igbo word meaning "hand".

àkụ̀ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "wealth".

àlà Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "white cloth".

àmádí Igbo
Igbo word meaning "freeborn man".

amandla Nguni
Nguni word meaning "strength, power".

àmàrà Igbo
Igbo word meaning "grace, kindness".

anda Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to increase".

anela Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to be enough".

ànị̀ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "earth, land" (àlà in Central dialect).

ànyị́ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "we" (first-person plural pronoun).

ará Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "family, relative".

ayé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "life, world".

ayọ̀ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "joy".

àzụ́ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "back, posterior".

ba 1 Igbo
Igbo suffix meaning "continue".

ba 2 Hausa
Hausa prefix meaning "belonging to".

bá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "meet, find".

baba 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "father".

banzi Nguni
Nguni word meaning "wide, broad".

bẹ̀ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "beg, pray".

berhan ብርሃን Amharic
Amharic word meaning "light".

bí Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "to give birth, to beget".

bọ̀ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "return".

bonga Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to thank".

bụ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "is (equals)".

bùkún Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "add, increase".

bùn Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "give".

busisa Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to bless".

chi 6 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "god, spiritual being".

ɗa Hausa
Hausa word meaning "son".

dalitso Chewa
Chewa word meaning "blessing".

dé 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "arrive, come".

dè Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "without, in the absence of".

di Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "become, change into".

dì 3 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "tie, bind, bundle".

dị Igbo
Igbo word meaning "is (has the quality)".

dịlị Igbo
Igbo word meaning "belongs to" (dịrị in Central dialect).

dú 2 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "lead, guide".

dumisa Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to praise".

dwa Nguni
Nguni word meaning "only".

èbélè Igbo
Igbo word meaning "mercy, kindness" (èbérè in Central dialect).

èbùbè Igbo
Igbo word meaning "marvel, wonder".

égwù Igbo
Igbo word meaning "fear, fearful, terrible, dreadful".

Èké Igbo
Igbo word referring to a day of the week.

èkène Igbo
Igbo word meaning "thanks, gratitude" (èkèle in Central dialect).

ẹkún Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "weeping, tears".

ẹni Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "person".

ényì Igbo
Igbo word meaning "friend".

enza Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to do, to make".

eyí Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "this".

ézè Igbo
Igbo word meaning "king".

fi Yoruba
Yoruba verb prefix meaning "use, do".

file Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "given".

fún Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "give, scatter, squeeze".

futhi Nguni
Nguni word meaning "again, furthermore".

gbé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "carry, lift".

gọ́zị́ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "bless".

gùn Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "ascend, climb".

hle Nguni
Nguni word meaning "beautiful, good".

hlenga Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to rescue, to save".

ìfà Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "good luck".

ífé Igbo
Igbo word meaning "thing, anything" (íhé in Central dialect).

ìfẹ́ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "love".

ị́fụnányá Igbo
Igbo word meaning "love", literally "to see in one's eye".

igugu Nguni
Nguni word meaning "treasure, pride".

íjè Igbo
Igbo word meaning "journey".

íké Igbo
Igbo word meaning "strength, power".

ìkẹ́ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "fondness, care".

ilé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "home".

imbali Nguni
Nguni word meaning "flower".

imini Nguni
Nguni word meaning "day".

inkosi Nguni
Nguni word meaning "king, chief, lord".

intombi Nguni
Nguni word meaning "girl".

írú Igbo
Igbo word meaning "front, face" (íhú in Central dialect).

ísí Igbo
Igbo word meaning "head, foremost".

isifiso Nguni
Nguni word meaning "wish".

isipho Nguni
Nguni word meaning "gift, present".

isizwe Nguni
Nguni word meaning "nation".

ìtàn Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "history, story".

ithemba Nguni
Nguni word meaning "trust, hope".

ìtọwo Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "taste".

iwájú Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "front, forward, ahead".

ìyá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "mother".

ja 5 Swahili
Swahili word meaning "come, arrive".

jenga Swahili
Swahili word meaning "build, construct".

jí 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "awake".

jì 3 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "forgive".

jì 4 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "hold, take".

ka 12 Igbo
Igbo comparative suffix meaning "exceed, surpass, greater".

kán Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "drop".

karabo Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "answer".

katleho Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "prosperity, success".

kè 2 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "create".

kẹ́ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "cherish, care".

kẹ́hìn Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "final, last".

khanya Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to shine".

khazimula Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to shine, to be bright".

kó Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "gather".

kondwa Chewa
Nyasa word meaning "be happy".

kún Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "to fill, to be full, replenish".

kwú Igbo
Igbo word meaning "speak".

le Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "together with".

lé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "exceed, increase".

leboha Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "thank".

letha Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to bring".

linda 1 Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to wait, to guard".

lunga Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to be correct".

m Igbo
Igbo suffix meaning "my, me" (first-person pronoun).

má 2 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "know".

mé Igbo
Igbo word meaning "do, act".

mela Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to stand for, to represent".

mezi Igbo
Igbo word meaning "repair, correct".

mi 8 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "me, my".

mi 9 Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to stand".

mma Igbo
Igbo word meaning "goodness, beauty".

mo Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "I" (first-person pronoun).

mpho Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "gift".

mwana Swahili
Swahili word meaning "child".

nathi Nguni
Nguni word meaning "with us".

ńdụ̀ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "life".

ní Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "obtain, get, have, possess" (lí before vowel).

ǹkè Igbo
Igbo word meaning "that, this".

Ǹkwọ́ Igbo
Igbo word referring to a day of the week.

ńlá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "great, large".

ńnà Igbo
Igbo word meaning "father".

ńné Igbo
Igbo word meaning "mother".

ńnwá Igbo
Igbo word meaning "child".

no 5 Nguni
Nguni prefix meaning "female".

nọ̀ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "is (at the place)".

nqoba Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to conquer".

ǹsó Igbo
Igbo word meaning "near".

nwé Igbo
Igbo word meaning "possess, own, have".

nyè Igbo
Igbo word meaning "give".

ọba Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "king".

óbì Igbo
Igbo word meaning "heart, mind".

ọdún Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "festival".

ógè Igbo
Igbo word meaning "time, time span".

ọ̀gọ̀ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "favour, kindness".

ọ̀kan Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "one".

óké Igbo
Igbo word meaning "male".

òkè 1 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "portion, share".

òkè 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "hill, mountain".

òkóló Igbo
Igbo word meaning "boy, young man" (òkóró in Central dialect).

òkun Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "sea, ocean".

ọlá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "honour, respect".

ọlà Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "wealth".

Ólìè Igbo
Igbo word referring to a day of the week (Órìè in Central dialect).

ọ́lọ́ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "work" (ọ́rọ́ in Central dialect).

olú Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "chief, ruler", also short for olúwa.

olúwa Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "lord, God".

ọ́má Igbo
Igbo word meaning "beautiful, good".

ọmọ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "child".

onga Chewa
Nyasa word meaning "thank".

ọní Yoruba
Yoruba prefix meaning "owner" (ọlí before vowel), from the nominative prefix ọ and ní.

ònyé Igbo
Igbo word meaning "who?".

ònyìnyé Igbo
Igbo word meaning "gift".

ọpẹ́ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "gratitude, thanks".

ọ̀rà Igbo
Igbo word meaning "community, people" (ọ̀hà in Central dialect).

òrìṣà Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "deity, spirit".

ọ̀run Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "heaven, sky".

ọ̀sẹ̀ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "week".

oyè Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "honour, chieftaincy".

oyin Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "honey".

penda Swahili
Swahili word meaning "love".

pirira Chewa
Chewa word meaning "persevere, endure".

re Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "we".

rè Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "go".

rona Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "us".

sa 7 Nguni
Nguni word meaning "still, continuing to be".

sá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "dry".

sà 2 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "answer, reply".

ṣe Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "do, make".

ṣẹ́gun Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "conquer".

sethu Nguni
Nguni word meaning "our".

ṣeun Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "thank".

simi Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "rest".

sò Igbo
Igbo word meaning "follow, accompany".

soomaali Somali
Somali word for the Somali people.

tau Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "lion".

thaba Nguni, Sotho, Bantu
Nguni and Sotho-Tswana word meaning "be happy, be delighted".

thanda Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to love".

thato Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "will, desire".

thina Nguni
Nguni word meaning "us".

thula Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to be quiet, to be peaceful".

ti Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "belonging to".

títí Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "forever, long time".

to 4 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "sufficient".

tò Igbo
Igbo word meaning "praise, glorify".

tshepo Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "hope".

Tswana Tswana
Tswana word referring to the Tswana people. It might be related to tswa "to go out" or tshwana "to resemble".

tumelo Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "faith".

tún Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "again".

ụ̀ba Igbo
Igbo word meaning "plenty, wealth".

úchè Igbo
Igbo word meaning "wisdom, sense, mind".

ùgó Igbo
Igbo word meaning "eagle, honour".

ùju Igbo
Igbo word meaning "fullness, plenty".

úkwú Igbo
Igbo word meaning "great".

ulwandle Nguni
Nguni word meaning "ocean".

usiku Swahili
Swahili word meaning "night".

ụ́zọ̀ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "way, path".

wá 1 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "come".

wá 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "seek, search".

wark ወርቅ Amharic
Amharic word meaning "gold".

xola Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to be peaceful".

ya 9 Igbo
Igbo suffix meaning "him, her, his, hers" (third-person pronoun).

yamika Chewa
Chewa word meaning "be grateful".

yẹ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "suitable, worthy".

yẹ́ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "praise, favour".

yíká Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "surround".

yìn 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "praise".

za Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to come, to approach".

zọ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "save, protect".