Mkoko

Meaning: Handcart

Origin: -

Use: Mkoko ya Kamash ili bondwa na nine-nine = Kamau's handcart was hit by a police car

Period: Unknown

Synonyms: Unknown

Pronounciation: (Noun) [ m-ko-ko ]

History: - From Swahili Mkokoteni which co-incidently comes from two words mgongo - Swahili for back and teni - from English ten. This compound word described the cost of ferrying goods on the back of early Nairobi porters. These porters later graduated to moving wares on the handcarts.

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