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Samaki

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 03, 2025 · 4 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Samaki definition 1

Fish

"Samaki wa kupaka (Fish in coconut sauce)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Samaki definition 2

Poisson (Fish)

"Mama kanunua mboga - Mother is buying vegetables"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Samaki definition 3

Samaki/mtu mwerevu (Fish/smart person)

"Samaki huyu hajinaswa (This fish doesn't get caught)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Samaki definition 4

Samaki/kiumbe wa majini (Fish/water creature)

"Samaki wa bahari ni safi kuliko wa ziwa (Sea fish is cleaner than lake fish)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
4 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Poisson (Fish)

"Mama kanunua mboga - Mother is buying vegetables"
Samak 🇱🇾 Libya

سمك (Fish)

"Samak 6aza (سمك طازة) (Fresh fish)"

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