Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

damu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: damu
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Blood (a member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods)

Slang

Example Sentences

"[…] Bloods. From E.H.B., you had Tutor, Fat Rabbit, and little L.O. From Skyline, it was Sergio Bailey, Butter […] a Damu school, particularly the Skyline Eastside Piru Gang. You had Ronald Rush, Ty, John John, Nut, J Bick[…]"
"Letting them know we all Damus. Bloods stick together, fools. Now shake hands make up and except y'all have the same name. After a few months passed, Poobear from Bounty Hunters and Poobear from mad swans became tight. Not the tightest Bloods in the Nickerson[…]"
"... a Damu from All For Crime Bloods. This will make the Damus strong in key positions. They are now about twenty deep. The other Damus are Klepto, AC, Pig, and another little dude (all Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods), Baby Diamond […] […] Bloods named Lil 2 Down. The heat is on! The Damus/Bloods are going to every spot the Crips are hanging out, shooting them. They're getting served so much that the sheriffs are posted in the Crips neighborhoods. With this being the[…]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *dam- Proto-Semitic *dam- Arabic دَم (dam)bor. Swahili damubor. English Damu Borrowed from Swahili damu (“blood”), borrowed from Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

Damus (plural)

Questions

What does damu mean?: Blood (a member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods)
Where does damu come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *dam- Proto-Semitic *dam- Arabic دَم (dam)bor. Swahili damubor. English Damu Borrowed from Swahili damu (“blood”), borrowed from Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.

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