Not "Hot" In Swahili

It's +33 degrees Celcius in Dar es Salaam, but it's not hot. Well, not in Finnish anyway. Hot in Finnish is kuuma. Unfortunately, kuuma is also a Swahili word meaning something quite different -- it's a part of human anatomy, woman's anatomy to be more precise.

So all the Finns here say it's lämmin (warm).

To spice things up further, the Finnish No onpa kuuma! means "Wow it's hot!" But no onpa, when one says it quickly, sounds a lot the Swahili word namba which means "may I have?". Summa summarum: shouting No onpa kuuma! in public (like in a restaurant during peak hours) will raise a few eyebrows and cause a chainreaction of chuckles.