Etymology

mama ntilie

Today it means: A female food hawker. Full definition →

Swahili mama ntilie
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  1. Swahili · borrowed frommama ntilie
  2. English todaymama ntilie

From Swahili mama ntilie (literally “mother put it on [my plate]”).

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