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Purple

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Aug 02, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Purple definition 1

Fifty shilling note

"Purple ni pesa kidogo (Fifty shillings is little money)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Purple definition 2

Zambarau (Purple)

"Purple vibes (Purple vibes)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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2 community definitions
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August 2025

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Purple 🇿🇲 Zambia

Bruised

"Face is purple (Face is bruised)"
Ka purple 🇿🇲 Zambia

50 kwacha note

"Ndili na ka purple fye (I only have 50 kwacha)"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

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Purple 🇿🇲 Zambia

Bruised

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