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Budaa

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Aug 02, 2025 · 1 definition
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Variation of buda (from 'buddy'/'abu' etc.), means friend or casually one's dad. Common greeting among guys: 'Sasa budaa?' meaning 'Hey man?'.

"Budaa, uko wapi sai? (Bro, where are you now?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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Buda 🇰🇪 Kenya

Dude or man (literally “old man” in Swahili, used affectionately for peers).

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Umntu omdala (An old person)

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