piga stori

Swahili

Verb

-piga stori (infinitive kupiga stori)

1. to tell a story

Conjugation

Conjugation of -piga stori: see -piga.

References

• Reuster-Jahn, Uta (2023) “Lugha ya Mitaani, Gender Stereotypes and Sexism. “Catcalling” as a Communicative Practice of Male Youths in Urban Public Spaces in Tanzania”, in Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, editor, Gendered Dichotomies in African Youth Language and Language Practices: Urban and Rural Spaces, Virtual and Real-Life Gendered Discourses, Stuttgart: Ibidem, →ISBN, page 138-139 of 129-159:

  There is an additional set of LyM words and phrases used by male youths when talking about young women in in-group chatting that often takes place at their informal meeting places (kijiwe, plural vijiwe). This chatting is commonly perceived as piga stori (“tell stories”), a communicative practice characterized by the rhetoric of exaggeration, boasting and jocular verbal duelling functioning as entertainment as well as negotiation and performance of masculinity and hierarchical order. Moreover, in piga stori, group members competitively display their knowledge and use of LyM.