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fala

noun

a fool; an outsider.

Usually insulting or teasing; relationship and delivery decide the temperature.

Origins

Fala is a Sheng insult for a fool or an outsider; its source is unknown.

Peter Githinji, Bazes and Their Shibboleths: Lexical Variation and Sheng Speakers’ Identity in Nairobi (Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2006), 452.
Attests fala and mafala as fool and out-group labels in Sheng.

Examples

Usikuwe fala, uliza kwanza.
Do not be foolish, ask first.
Fala alisahau wallet.
The fool forgot their wallet.
Hiyo ni move ya fala.
That is a foolish move.
Fala alipoteza phone.
The fool lost their phone.
Acha kuwa fala.
Stop being a fool.
Hata fala angejua hiyo.
Even a fool would know that.
Usimwite mtu fala bure.
Do not call someone a fool for nothing.
Fala hakusoma message.
The fool did not read the message.
Hiyo decision ni ya fala.
That decision is a foolish one.