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Doo

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Pesa kidogo (Small money)

"Nina doo kidogo, hatuwezi kwenda club (I have small money, we can't go to club)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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Doo 🇰🇪 Kenya

Sheng from English 'dough,' means money. Also spelled 'doe.'

"Kijana anapenda doo sana. (That guy really loves money.)"
Dofo 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Munhu asina mari (Poor person)

"Ndiri dofo (I'm broke)"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

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This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Doo 🇰🇪 Kenya

Sheng from English 'dough,' means money. Also spelled 'doe.'

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