daladala.
matatu
Meaning & usage
matatu
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollarbor. Swahili dalaredup. Swahili daladala Reduplication of dala, borrowed from English dollar. The word dala is slang for 5 shillings, which was the daladala fare in the 1980s. Conductors would call dala, dala.
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