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Originally Posted by MA-HE-GOAT
This reminds me of words in kikuyu like:
girimiti - kikuyu got it from the word "primitive" which was used by their mzungu "masters" in the old days.
Has anyone here ever heard of these and these the right translations?
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girimiti - I heard is a corruption of the word agreement. I aint sure though about its origin as an expletive.
Karabaa - meaning discrimination was derived from colour barred.
Ikolomani - beats them all - it was the luhya corruption of GOLDMINE!