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blackdog wrote:

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mathman99 wrote:

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* Ohhh shamba ka hamba ka humba.... (I used to hear that one a lot)

What in the hell is that supposed to mean, anyway? (Assuming it's tongue-speak but I'm just confused)

Shamba, n. (ma-), (i) a piece of
ground having an owner, an estate
small or large, a plantation, farm,
garden, a plot of cleared or cultivated
land ; (2) country, as opp. to town
(mji), and in this sense treated
similarly as a proper noun, e.g.
enda shamba, go into the country;
toka sh., come from the country;
shindash., live in the country. Mtu
wa shamba, a rustic, a peasant. Cf.
kimashamba, countrified, boorish, -
of language, manners, &c.
Hamdu, n. praise - usually in
Arab formal expressions, e. g. Al
hamdtt illahi, praise to God. (Cf.
himidi, hetndi, and syn. si/a.)

Humu, (1) adj. dem. this, - agree-
ing with locative forms in -ni, e. g.
nyumbani humu, in this house. (2)
adv. dem. in this place, inside here.
Mumu h., just in here, in this very
place. See Huku, and Mu-.