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"bribe",
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"(slang, Kenya) tea money, small bribe, petty bribe (likened to the cost, and function, of a cup of tea)"
],
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},
{
"word": "hongo"
},
{
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"Kenya"
],
"word": "kitu kidogo"
}
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"word": "rushwa"
},
{
"word": "hongo"
},
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"Kenya"
],
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}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swahili dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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