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Matumaini

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 26, 2025 · 1 definition
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Matumaini definition 1

Hali ya kutarajia (Hope state)

"Matumaini ya familia ni kwamba tutafaulu (Family hope is that we'll succeed)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 26, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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Matumaini 🇰🇪 Kenya

Matumaini (Hope)

"Nina matumaini (I have hope)"

Espoir (Hope)

"Daho watu wazuri hapa - There are good people here"

🇹🇿 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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🌍 "Matumaini" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Matumaini 🇰🇪 Kenya

Matumaini (Hope)
Matumaini

Espoir (Hope)

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