Sinya

Meaning: A Police (wo)man

Origin: Unknown

Use: Yaani Tosh anakuanga sinya? = You mean Antony is a policeman?

Period: Unknown

Synonyms: Ponyi Karau Karao Njako Nainae NineNine Sanse Vedi Gova Banga Beast Pai Pae

Pronounciation: (Noun) [ see-nya ]

Relate: Security Crime

History: Borrowed from the Swahili language where it means "to anger or irritate" and likened to the trait of police officers being irritating

Clarification: The same word can be found in the Swahili language where it means "Anger" The intonation however is different in that "anger" is pronounced as "si-nya" while in Sheng "see-nyaa" has a rather prolonged "a".,

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