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 !
be creative with umgOwa! umgOwa is lOve !
by Rayvin S. February 3, 2008
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Selencio. The white man is speaking. Excuse me, theres a white man up here. UNGOwA!!
Selencio. The white man is speaking. Excuse me, theres a white man up here. UNGOwA!!
by Jordan November 16, 2004
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Umgawa, Black Power !
by Neddyg May 7, 2018
Get the Umgawa mug.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":
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 !!!!
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