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Lit

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Lit definition 1

Kizuri/kali (Good/hot)

"Party ya jana ilikuwa lit (Yesterday's party was lit)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Lit definition 2

Kizuri/kali (Good/intense)

"Party ya jana ilikuwa lit (Yesterday's party was lit)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 26, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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2 community definitions
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Lit 🇿🇦 South Africa

Very exciting or excellent.

Lit 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ambians cho (Hot atmosphere)

"Party ti lit yer! (Party was lit yesterday!)"

🇹🇿 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)

🌍 "Lit" Across Africa

This word is also used in 25 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Lit 🇿🇦 South Africa

Awesome, exciting
Lit 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ambians cho (Hot atmosphere)
Lit 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Awesome, exciting
Lit 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Exciting (Lit/exciting)
Lit 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Hafla nar (Fire party)
Lit 🇧🇼 Botswana

Lit (Exciting/Fun)
Lit 🇧🇮 Burundi

Lit (Exciting)
Lit 🇪🇬 Egypt

ليت - Lit/Awesome
Lit 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kumnandi kakhulu / Into enhle kakhulu (Very fun / Something very cool)
Lit 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ሊት/በጣም ደስ የሚል (Lit/amazing)
Lit 🇬🇦 Gabon

Incroyable, génial (Amazing, awesome)
Lit 🇬🇭 Ghana

Fire/Amazing/Exciting (Very exciting)
Lit 🇰🇪 Kenya

Moto / nzuri sana (Awesome / exciting)
Lit 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Monate o moholo / Ho chesa (Very nice / Hot)
Lit 🇱🇷 Liberia

Exciting/Amazing (Fire/Awesome)
Lit 🇱🇾 Libya

ليت (Lit / exciting)
Lit 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Incrível, animado (Amazing, lively)
Lit 🇳🇦 Namibia

Oshiwa unene / amazing (Amazing / exciting)
Lit 🇬🇲 Gambia

Place bi lit na (The place is lit)
Lit

Awesome, exciting
Lit 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Very exciting or fun (Very exciting or fun)
Lit 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Ikintu cyiza cyane (Something very good)
Lit 🇺🇬 Uganda

Lit (Exciting)
Lit 🇿🇲 Zambia

Exciting/great
lit 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Yakaipa (It's great/amazing)

🇹🇿 More Tanzania Slang

Rave Sherehe ya giza (Dark party) Facebook Mtandao wa kijamii (Social network) Mwalimu Mtu wa elimu (Education person) Doo Pesa kidogo (Small money) Foul Kosa/makosa (Foul/mistake) Jambo Hello (tourist greeting)
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