Kikombe cha Umoja

noun

Any cup used for pouring libations to honor ancestors and communal drinking at dinner during the Kwanzaa holiday

Meanings

noun
  1. Any cup used for pouring libations to honor ancestors and communal drinking at dinner during the Kwanzaa holiday

Origin

  1. SwahiliKikombe cha Umoja
  2. EnglishKikombe cha Umoja

Borrowed from Swahili Kikombe cha Umoja.

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Kikombe cha Umoja. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kikombe%20cha%20Umoja

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Chicago

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