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Bao

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Aug 02, 2025 · 1 definition
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Bao definition 1

Twenty shillings

"Bao haiwezi kutosha (Twenty shillings can't be enough)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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Bao 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Mchezo wa kitamaduni (Traditional game)

"Bao ni mchezo unaofikisha akili (Bao is game that develops intelligence)"
Bado 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Bado/haijafika (Still/not yet)

"Bado sijamwona tangu wiki jana (Still haven't seen him since last week)"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

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Bao 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Mchezo wa kitamaduni (Traditional game)

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