ukahaba
oo-kah-HAH-bah
How to say it
Swahiliukahabaoo-kah-HAH-bah
Englishprostitution
Frenchprostitution
Meaning
The selling of sex for money, which is a crime in Tanzania and Kenya.
Good to know
U class noun with no plural. A prostitute is kahaba, plural makahaba; biashara ya ngono means the same in plainer words.
Examples
- Polisi wamewakamata wanawake kumi kwa tuhuma za ukahaba.Police have arrested ten women on suspicion of prostitution.
- Umaskini huwasukuma baadhi ya wasichana katika ukahaba.Poverty pushes some girls into prostitution.
- Serikali imeanzisha mpango wa kupambana na ukahaba.The government has started a program to fight prostitution.
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