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Umeme

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Umeme definition 1

Umeme/kitu chenye nguvu (Electricity/something powerful)

"Muziki wake ni umeme wa kweli (His music is real electricity)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Umeme definition 2

Umeme/nguvu za anga (Lightning/sky power)

"Umeme ulipiga mti mkubwa (Lightning struck big tree)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

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Umeme 🇺🇬 Uganda

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Umeme 🇺🇬 Uganda

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