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Tenadam

🇪🇹 Ethiopia Slang
Added Aug 10, 2025 · 1 definition
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ጤና አዳም/ጤና አዳም (Tenadam) - rue plant

"Smell tenadam (Smell rue)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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Tena adam 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ጤና አዳም/ጤና አዳም (Rue plant)

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