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Spirit

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Roho/hali (Spirit/mood)

"Spirit yangu ni juu leo (My spirit is up today)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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🇹🇿 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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🌍 "Spirit" Across Africa

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

Spirit 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Spirit (Spirit)
Spirit 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Taxi collectif (Shared taxi) - slang
Spirit 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Supernatural being (Supernatural being)

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