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Badimo

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 1 definition
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Badimo (Ancestors)

"Re rapela badimo (We pray to ancestors)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

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