Dictionary/Hair

Hair

7 translations across African languages✓ Verified

Pre-colonial context

“Hairstyles carry cultural meaning, marking age, status, and occasion.”

Translations

Maasai (Maa)

Luhya

Hair of head in collective sense; obwoyo 'hair on body or limbs'; eshirefu 'beard'

Wanga · KE

Kikuyu (Gikuyu)

Swahili

Kalenjin

Kamba

Luo

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Other meanings

“Liswi (Luhya)” also means

hair of head, in collective sense

More in body

At the back of the house

Back of the neck