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Maka (Home)
"Maka ga taata (Father's home)"
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- 🇺🇬 Uganda
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- April 2026
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Maka
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
In Bissau-Guinean Creole and informal Portuguese, maka means a 'problem' or 'trouble'. It's used similarly to West African English 'wahala.'
"N'ka tem maka. (I don't have any problem.)"
maka
🇦🇴 Angola
Problema de saúde (Health problem)
"Tenho uma maka nos rins (I have a kidney problem)"
🇺🇬 About Uganda Slang
Ugandan slang draws from Luganda, English, and Swahili, shaped by Kampala's vibrant youth culture and Afrobeats music scene.
KASINARY has 1867 Uganda slang words collected from native speakers.
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This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.
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