Damu

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Damu

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Borrowed from Swahili damu (“blood”), borrowed from Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.

noun Damus

slang Blood (a member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods) […] 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[…]

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"Damu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/damu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{damu_2026,
  title = {Damu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/damu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}