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Kuku

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 03, 2025 · 5 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Kuku definition 1

Chicken

"Kuku wa kienyeji (Local chicken)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Kuku definition 2

Grandmother (Elder female)

"Kuku yandje ondi hole. (My grandmother loves me.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Kuku definition 3

Kuku/mtu mwoga (Chicken/coward)

"Kuku huyu haogopi chochote (This chicken fears nothing)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Kuku definition 4

Kuku/ndege wa kufugwa (Chicken/domestic bird)

"Kuku wa kienyeji ni mtamu kuliko wa kisasa (Local chicken is sweeter than modern)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 5

Kuku definition 5

Kuku/ndege wa nyumbani (Chicken/home bird)

"Kuku wangu wanataga mayai mengi (My chickens lay many eggs)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
5 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Kuku 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Dajaj (Chicken - Swahili)

"Kuku choma (Roasted chicken)"
Kuku 🇳🇦 Namibia

Grandmother (Elder female)

"Kuku yandje ondi hole. (My grandmother loves me.)"

🇹🇿 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.

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🌍 "Kuku" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Kuku 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Dajaj (Chicken - Swahili)
Kuku 🇳🇦 Namibia

Grandmother (Elder female)
Kuku 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Just/might as well (Eventually)

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