Swahili
kahaba
kah-HAH-bah
How to say it
Swahilikahabakah-HAH-bahsoon
Englishprostitutesoon
Frenchprostituéesoon
Meaning
a prostitute, a person who sells sex for money.
Good to know
(and mkahaba, wa-) prosti tute
Examples
- Filamu ile ilisimulia maisha magumu ya kahaba.That film told the hard life story of a prostitute.
- Jamii mara nyingi hunyanyapaa kahaba.Society often stigmatizes prostitutes.
- Je, kwa nini alijikuta kuwa kahaba?Why did she end up as a prostitute?
- Alijaribu kumsaidia kahaba aachane na kazi hiyo.He tried to help the prostitute leave that trade.
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