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mwasi ya mamba
MWA-si ya MA-mba
prostitute / sex worker (derogatory)
French: prostituee (pejoratif)
Bameki kobenga ye mwasi ya mamba.
They tried calling her a hooker.
Ils ont essaye de la traiter de prostituee.
Mwasi ya mamba — literally "woman of the water/crocodile"; STREET SLANG / DEROGATORY for a sex worker. A slur, not a neutral term; the modern neutral term is mosali ya nzoto (literally "body worker") or French travailleuse du sexe.
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