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Mto

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Mto definition 1

Mto/kitu kinachokimbilia (River/something flowing)

"Pesa inapita kama mto (Money passes like river)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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