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Original

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

Halisi/asili (Original/authentic)

"Nguo hizi ni original kutoka Dubai (These clothes are original from Dubai)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Original definition 2

Wimbo wa kwanza (Original song)

"Original ya ngoma hii ni ya mwaka 2010 (This song's original is from year 2010)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
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2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Original 🇩🇿 Algeria

Authentic/genuine brand

"These are original Nike"
Original 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Authentic (Original/genuine)

"Na original e get. (He has the original.)"

🇹🇿 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.

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🌍 "Original" Across Africa

This word is also used in 15 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Original 🇩🇿 Algeria

Autêntico / genuíno (Authentic / genuine)
Original 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Authentic (Original/genuine)
Original 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Asli haqiqi (Real authentic)
Original 🇦🇴 Angola

Autêntico / genuíno (Authentic / genuine)
Original 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Original (Authentic)
Original 🇪🇬 Egypt

أوريجينال - Original
Original 🇬🇭 Ghana

Authentic/Real (Genuine)
Original 🇰🇪 Kenya

Halisi (Original)
Original 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Tsa nnete / Real ones
Original 🇱🇷 Liberia

Authentic/Real (Genuine)
Original 🇱🇾 Libya

اوريجينال (Original / authentic)
Original 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Authentic person (Real one)
Original 🇺🇬 Uganda

Original (Genuine)
Original 🇿🇲 Zambia

Genuine
original 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Original (Genuine)

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