mathree
nounEtymology A partial translation of Swahili -tatu (“three”) in matatu.
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Kenya, Sheng, Slang Synonym of matatu.
- This has been going on for a while - ever since I came of drinking age and quickly learnt that a version of the truth on most national or local matters or at least an inkling can be found in the stranger sitting next to me in the pub; that woman in the mathree; that cab-driver late at night.2007, Billy Kahora, Binyavanga Wainaina, Kwani?: