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ganji

noun

money.

Una ganji? asks whether someone has money. The cited 2015 study records it in Kenyan youth language.

Origins

The word’s earlier history is still under review.

  1. Annah Kariuki; Fridah Erastus Kanana; Hildah Kebeya, The growth and use of Sheng in advertisements in selected businesses in Kenya (2015), printed 239.

    Lists ganji among Sheng terms referring to money and millions in Kenyan advertising.

Examples

  1. Nina ganji.

    I have money.

  2. Una ganji?

    Do you have money?

  3. Sina ganji.

    I do not have money.

  4. Tunahitaji ganji.

    We need money.

  5. Nimetuma ganji.

    I have sent money.

  6. Nimepata ganji.

    I have received money.

  7. Ninaweka ganji hapa.

    I am putting money here.

  8. Nitatuma ganji kesho.

    I will send money tomorrow.

  9. Nahitaji ganji ya chakula.

    I need money for food.

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