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Examples
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South Africa also has two key hotels under the name hakuna matata brand.
Muti 2009
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AVATAR is a work of clichéd, boring, hakuna matata crap.
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If you come to Kenya, this is one of the most popular songs you will here (SPEAKING KENYAN) And they're saying hakuna matata, no problem.
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And you say “Hakuna shida,” one of the Tanzanian forms of hakuna matata- no problem, no worries.
Patience is a virtue Liv 2009
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And you say “Hakuna shida,” one of the Tanzanian forms of hakuna matata- no problem, no worries.
Archive 2009-02-01 Liv 2009
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A Swahili phrase most people recognize meaning "there are no worries," hakuna matata is a good reminder to simply relax and let the wind carry me where it will.
Archive 2008-09-01 Liv 2008
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I felt foolish and weak, but at least I was feeling something other than the comfortable numbness that settles in after too many forced hakuna matatas.
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A Swahili phrase most people recognize meaning "there are no worries," hakuna matata is a good reminder to simply relax and let the wind carry me where it will.
Green, Yellow, Black, and Blue Liv 2008
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No wonder Zanzibar's unofficial motto is "hakuna matata" — Swahili for "no problem."
Island Spice 2007
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Kiswahili words of the entry (courtesy of The Lion King): rafiki (friend), simba (lion), hakuna matata (don't have worries - but its not really used that much here, hamna shida is a more proper way of saying it)
Archive 2004-12-01 Michelle 2004
hakuna commented on the word hakuna
Hakuna is a derivative from the words Hakuna Matata. By itself it carries little meaning. One business has chosen the name Hakuna, Hakuna Employee Scheduling Software.
May 19, 2010