Tuma definition 1
Send (for messages/money)
"Tuma message (Send a message)"
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- 🇿🇲 Zambia
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- April 2026
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In Luganda, tuma means “send,” and in youth slang it specifically refers to sending mobile money.
"“Abange, tuma kagendo” (“Guys, send some mobile cash”)"
In East Africa, 'tuma' means 'send', and in slang it specifically implies sending money. Ugandans say 'tuma airtime' or 'tuma Mobile Money'. In Kenyan campus slang you might hear 'tumia kitu' meaning …
"Nitumie thao kwa M-Pesa – tuma sasa hivi please. (Translation: Send me a thousand shillings via M-Pesa – send it right n…"
🇿🇲 About Zambia Slang
Zambian slang blends English with local languages like Bemba, Nyanja, and Tonga, shaped by the Copperbelt's unique working-class culture.
KASINARY has 1428 Zambia slang words collected from native speakers.
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This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.
In East Africa, 'tuma' means 'send', and in slang it specifically implies sending money. Ugandans say 'tuma airtime' or 'tuma Mobile Money'. In Kenyan…
In East Africa, 'tuma' means 'send', and in slang it specifically implies sending money. Ugandans say 'tuma airtime' or 'tuma Mobile Money'. In Kenyan…
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