umgowa 

means anything yOu want it tO mean.

if sOmeOne says-->like did yOu knOw cheese is orange? yOur respOnse wOuld be-->umgOwa in this case it means shut up Or just an unbelievable oh my god
be creative with umgOwa! umgOwa is lOve !

umgowa by Rayvin S. February 3, 2008

umgowo 

When you are going through the most in all aspects of life, socially, academically, relationshipically, hairline(ically) . All of them nje!

Linda Memzo just got 40% for her test... ngumgowo wodwa!💔

umgowo by Linda Memzo waseDelf sani! August 16, 2019

ungowa 

To cammand someone to cease verbal action, or quit speaking.

Dave Chappelle.
Selencio. The white man is speaking. Excuse me, theres a white man up here. UNGOwA!!

ungowa by Jordan November 16, 2004

Umgawa

Umgawa is an East and Central African word meaning entangled. Sometimes enterchanged with ungawa that has no real dictionary meaning.

Umgawa, Black Power !

Umgawa by Neddyg May 7, 2018

Ungowa 

In the KiSwahili language of East Africa and Central Africa "umgawa" means "entangled". But in 1932 MGM screenwriter Cyril Hume lifted the word "umgawa" from the Swahili language for the Tarzan movies. Those movies were being adapted from books written by Edgar Rice Burrough books.

In the Tarzan movies "ungawa" was the way that Tarzan communicated with animals and with Black people who lived in the near where Tarzan found himself. That word could mean whatever the screenwriters wanted it to mean.

Here's a video clip that provides information about the Hollywood origin of the Swahili word "umgawa":

Ungowa black power !!!!

Ungowa by Cj from S.A. July 4, 2019

Umgowo 

Umgowo is a Xhosa term used to tell someone that you are going through a lot. When you are going through the most in all aspects of life, socially, academically, relationshipically, Moneycally . All of them nje!

I'm going through the most, exam results are released.

Umgowo

Umgowo by Zipho Njotini October 19, 2023