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Wax

🇲🇱 Mali Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Wax definition 1

Fini min bɛ bɔ Hollande, tissu hollandais (Cloth from Holland, Dutch fabric)

"Wax sɔngɔ ka gɛlɛn kosɛbɛ. (Wax fabric is very expensive.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇲🇱 Mali
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Wax 🇧🇼 Botswana

Wax (Car protection)

"Wax e protecta paint (Wax protects paint)"
Wax 🇸🇳 Senegal

Tissu traditionnel africain (Traditional African fabric)

"Boubou wax bi rafet na (The wax boubou is beautiful)"

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🌍 "Wax" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Wax 🇧🇼 Botswana

Wax (Car protection)
Wax 🇸🇳 Senegal

Tissu traditionnel africain (Traditional African fabric)
Wax 🇹🇬 Togo

Tissu africain (African fabric)
Wax 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho ntša moriri / Remove hair
Wax 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire

Tissu africain imprimé (African print fabric)

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