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Handas

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Aug 03, 2025 · 1 definition
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Handas definition 1

From 'understand,' means 'do you understand?' used at end of explanations for emphasis, often by youths imitating Nigerian movies or just for flair.

"Sitaki mchezo, handas? (I don't want games, understood?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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August 2025

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