ruba

How to say it

Meaning

a leech, the blood-sucking worm; figuratively, a usurer who exploits others.

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mruba (mi-) leech; (fig.)t usurer

Examples

• Ruba alishikamana na mguu wake alipoingia mtoni.A leech attached itself to his leg when he entered the river.
• Je, ruba huyu ataondoka mwenyewe?Will this leech come off by itself?
• Hawakuona ruba yoyote kwenye maji yale.They did not see any leeches in that water.
• Watu walimwita mkopeshaji yule ruba kwa sababu ya riba yake.People called that moneylender a leech because of his interest rates.

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