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Well it can differ in pure Swahili it is bibi meaning grandmother. But often in Kenyan Swahili they use bibi to mean wife, and exchange it for nyanya. Which by the way also means tomatoe so use wisely. Example: bibi yangu amezeeka= my grandmother has grown old.

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