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Tontine

🇨🇲 Cameroon Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Tontine (Savings group)

"Saturday na tontine day (Saturday is savings group day)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇨🇲 Cameroon
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Tontine 🇧🇯 Benin

Épargne collective (Group savings)

"Mi ɖo tontine mɛ (Nous sommes dans une tontine/We're in a savings group)"
Tontine 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Tontine (Rotating savings group)

"Tontine saan na rẽnda (Tontine pays today)"

🇨🇲 About Cameroon Slang

Cameroonian slang bridges French and English with Camfranglais, a unique urban fusion language born in Yaoundé and Douala that mixes both official languages with local vernacular.

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🌍 "Tontine" Across Africa

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

Tontine 🇧🇯 Benin

Épargne collective (Group savings)
Tontine 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Tontine (Rotating savings group)
Tontine 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Tontine/cotisation (Savings group)

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