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Yaka

🇺🇬 Uganda Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Yaka definition 1

“Light up” or turn on (also a nickname for the electricity token system).

by KASINARY Admin Elder · Jul 17, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Yaka definition 2

Yaka (Prepaid electricity)

"Yaka units (Prepaid units)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇺🇬 Uganda
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
July 2025

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