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Default means of some kikuyu words - 08-31-2007, 01:25 AM

This reminds me of words in kikuyu like:

turugi (black tea) came from mzungu asking for True Tea (meaning without milk)
kafiraru (not sure of the spelling) - as the kikuyus call it is from the mzungu asking for coffee alone (with no sugar)
girimiti - kikuyu got it from the word "primitive" which was used by their mzungu "masters" in the old days. My grandpa called his children this and they used to wonder what it meant until they grew up and figured it out.
Kikuyu mothers used to call their kids fokoff or ***ini and little did they know it meant f..k off and f..k in.

Has anyone here ever heard of these and these the right translations?
 
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