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Saa

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Saa definition 1

Hour; time; watch

"Saa ngapi? (What time?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Saa definition 2

Saa/kipimo cha wakati (Hour/time measure)

"Saa za kazi ni kumi na mbili (Work hours are twelve)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Saa? 🇬🇭 Ghana

Means “really?” or asking for confirmation (literally “like that?”).

Saa 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Wagt/zaman (Time/hour)

"Saa kam hassa? (What time is it now?)"

🇹🇿 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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🌍 "Saa" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Saa? 🇬🇭 Ghana

Hour; time; watch
Saa 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Wagt/zaman (Time/hour)
Saa 🇰🇪 Kenya

Saa (Watch)

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