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Kumbuka

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 03, 2025 · 1 definition
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Kumbuka definition 1

Remember

"Nakumbuka (I remember)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
1 community definition
Added
August 2025

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