sijambo

Swahili

Etymology

Contraction of sina jambo. Literally, "I don't have anything".

Pronunciation
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Interjection

sijambo

  1. (greeting) I'm fine (response to "how are you?")
    Synonyms: nzuri, njema, (colloquial) safi, (colloquial) poa, (slang) freshi

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