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Tala

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Aug 10, 2025 · 1 definition
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Tala definition 1

App ya mkopo (Loan app)

"Nimeomba Tala (I've borrowed from Tala)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Tala' 🇸🇩 Sudan

Tala' (Went up/climbed)

"Tala' al sulam (He climbed the stairs)"
Tabla 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Tabla (Drum)

"Tabla wa darbouha (Drum and darbuka)"

🇰🇪 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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This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Tala' 🇸🇩 Sudan

Tala' (Went up/climbed)

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