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Tunakula kumbe kumbe

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 1 definition
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Tunakula kumbe kumbe definition 1

We’re silently enduring (literally “we’re eating ‘kumbe kumbe’” – a type of insect, implying hardship).

by KASINARY Admin Elder · Jul 17, 2025

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