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Kakakuona

Swahili

English: Pangolin

animals2 translations across African languages✓ Verified
Pre-colonial context

The pangolin (Kakakuona) is one of Africa's most sacred and threatened animals — hunted for traditional medicine across the continent.

In other languages

Kalenjin
Chemengewet
Described in source as 'spiny ant eater'; pangolin is the closest African match
Kalenjin · KE
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