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makanga

makanga noun: a tout; one who is hired to convince passengers to take a specific taxi or matatu.

Noun

makanga (plural makangas)

  1. (Kenya) A tout; one who is hired to convince passengers to take a specific taxi or matatu.
    • In the Nairobi City Council today, we have many councillors who were makangas. I hope that in future the Opposition will see it fit to elect people of high calibre as councillors rather than bring in the kind of makanga councillors we have today, who have contributed to the decay in the City of...1994 July 5, Prof. Saitoti, “Report, Parliamentary Debates”, in Kenya National Assembly Official Record, volume 5, number 13, page 376
    • Sometimes there are several matatus en route to the same destination, so makangas will “fight”over you. One may even grab your luggage and force you to follow him to his matatu.2009, Joseph R. Oppong, Esther D. Oppong, Kenya, →ISBN, page 79

Forms of makanga

pluralmakangas

Questions about makanga

What does makanga mean?
Makanga means a tout; one who is hired to convince passengers to take a specific taxi or matatu.
What part of speech is makanga?
Makanga is a noun.
What is the plural of makanga?
The plural of makanga is makangas.

Words near makanga in the dictionary

  1. makaloa
  2. Makalu
  3. makaluvamine
  4. makaluvamines
  5. makan
  6. makanga
  7. makangas
  8. makar
  9. Makar Sankranti
  10. makara
  11. Makaraka

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