Nyama choma: Roasted meat
Maziwa lala: Naturally fermented milk
Mūtura: A sausage made from animal intestines usually sheep, goats or cattle and is stuffed with various cuts of meat and blood before being boiled and cooked over hot coals,
Dira: also known as Deera, Dera or Kaftan and is a loose printed cotton dress for African ladies, usually a traditional wear for the tribes that live along the East African coast but is also common in the inland areas.
Mukimo: a traditional Kenyan meal that is prepared using potatoes and vegetables mashed together usually with maize and beans or other legumes such as peas or lentils.
Sukuma wiki: a staple Kenyan food that consists of vegetables usually kales that is taken together with most meals especially Ugali
Ukie: a traditional fermented porridge made from sorghum and/or millet and sometimes maize. Origins, Mt. Kenya region, East Africa.
Kitumbua:A rice fritter
Lesso:a colourful wrapper worn on top of one's clothes
Ugali: a corn cake made from cooking maize meal in hot boiling water and is usually taken with Sukuma wiki or other vegetables and meat dishes. A staple food in Kenya.
Ankara: An African wax print fabric with a lot vibrant colours and is usually cotton.
Utaelewa: a Swahili word that means ‘you will understand’
Daktari: the Swahili word that means doctor.
Mkuki kwa nguruwe, kwa binadamu mchungu: A Swahili proverb that means ‘a spear doesn’t seem to hurt when a pig is the victim, but when a human is, it is.
Hakuna vile anaweza kaa poa kama mimi. : It means ‘there is no way she can look as good as me’
Hapana: Swahili word for ‘no’
Sisi ni macuzo: Swahili for “’are cousins’
Tunaishi: Swahili word for ‘we live’
Hana watoto: Swahili word for ‘doesn’t have children’
"Ūnu niwe mūrūme wake?" : sub dialect of the Meru language from Kenya, East Africa meaning ‘is that her husband’
"Nīwe tūkwenda amūgūra, īndī mwarī gakūīūmia kīongo.": means ‘he’s the one we would like to marry her, but the girl is being stubborn’
"Nīkī nabūrīa arī muthaka?": means ‘why and he is so handsome’
"Būu gūkamūria ūrī weū nūntū anatwi tūtīkūmwerewa.": means ‘you will have to ask her yourself, even we do not understand her’
“Kwani Grace, Shea na Marie wameenda wapi: Swahili words for ‘where have Grace, Shea and Marie gone to?’
"Hao wasichana na kujipodoa!": means ‘those girls and their make-up’
Kienyeji: means ‘traditional’
Matumbo: cooked/fried animal intestines
Matoke: a dish that is made of cooked bananas and potatoes mashed together
"Ni mchongoano sasa?": Swahili slang for ‘are you making fun of me now?’
"Ūkwona? Ntīkwīrire? Eūmītie kīongo ta mbunda.": means ‘you see? She is as stubborn as a donkey’
"Ūyu auma kū rīu?”:means ‘where has she come from now?
"Narī na wīra wa kūruta.": means ‘I had work to do.’
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