Kikundi/wenza (Crew/group) For example: "Crew yangu ya muziki inaongea na producer (My music crew is talking with producer)"

Where does the slang word Crew come from?

Crew is a slang term from Tanzania. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Tanzania and across Africa.

Crew

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang

Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition

TOP DEFINITION

Crew definition 1

Kikundi/wenza (Crew/group)

"Crew yangu ya muziki inaongea na producer (My music crew is talking with producer)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country: 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Crew 🇩🇿 Algeria

Artist group

"Join the crew"

Crew 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Group, ekip (Crew, team)

"Nou crew i solid (Our crew is solid)"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

KASINARY has 1747 Tanzania slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Tanzania slang (1747 words)

🌍 "Crew" Across Africa

This word is also used in 14 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Crew 🇩🇿 Algeria

Artist group

Crew 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Group, ekip (Crew, team)

Crew 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Team (Crew)

Crew 🇦🇴 Angola

Turma / grupo (Crew / group)

Crew 🇧🇯 Benin

Groupe d'amis (Friend group)

Crew (Group)

Crew (Crew)

Crew (Team/group)

كرو - Crew

Groupe de danseurs/artistes (Group of dancers/artists)

Crew 🇰🇪 Kenya

Timu (Team/crew)

Crew 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Equipe, turma (Crew, team)

Crew 🇳🇦 Namibia

Friend group (Gang)

Crew 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Itsinda (Group)

🇹🇿 More Tanzania Slang

Kukamatana (To hold each other) Kushikana kwa upendo (To hold each other lovingly) Misikiti ya jamii Misikiti ya jamii (Community mosques) Kujimwaga (To spend extravagantly) Kutumia pesa kwa wingi bila kujali (To spend money abundantly without care) Mazao Mazao/mavuno (Crops/harvest) Swag Mtindo wa kujivunia (Swagger style) Utaratibu wa kazi Utaratibu wa kazi (Work procedures)

View all 1747 Tanzania slang words

Related Tanzania Slang Words

Tunakula kumbe kumbe 🇹🇿 Tanzania

We’re silently enduring (literally “we’re eating ‘kumbe kumbe’” – a type of insect, implying hardship).

Tayari 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Tayari/imeandaliwa (Ready/prepared)

Kupata nguvu (To gain strength) 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Kuongezeka kwa afya (To increase in health)

Kahawia 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Rangi ya kahawa (Coffee color)

Njia 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Njia/muelekeo (Road/direction)

Show 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Tamasha/maonyesho (Show/performance)

Maua 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Maua/sehemu za rangi za mimea (Flowers/colored plant parts)

Qurani 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Qurani/kitabu cha dini (Quran/religious book)

More from Khulekani Dladla

Bolingo

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

bira 🇿🇼

Umgidi (traditional ceremony)

Bridal shower 🇿🇼

Shower yemwenga (bridal shower)

Bachelor party 🇿🇼

Pati yevakomana (bachelor party)

Lobola negotiations 🇿🇼

Nhaurirano dzeroora (lobola negotiations)

Discussion (0 comments)

Be the first to share your thoughts on Crew.

Keep exploring African slang

Random Word Browse C 🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang 🌍 All 54 Countries