mbumbumbu

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Swahili

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Noun

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mbumbumbu (ma class, plural mambumbumbu)

  1. fool, ignorant

Adjective

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mbumbumbu (invariable)

  1. ignorant
    • 2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:
      […] jeshi kubwa la watawaliwa mbumbumbu, wasiohoji, wasiojiamini na walio tayari muda wote kuburuzwa kwa matakwa ya wakoloni.
      […] a large army of ignorant, unquestioning subjects with lack of self-trust who never mind being dragged along with the wishes of the colonists.
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