Damu

See also: damu

English

Etymology

From Swahili damu (“blood”).

Noun

Damu (plural Damus)

1. (slang) Blood (a member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods)
   • 2009 02, Donovan Simmons, Terry Moses, Bloods and Crips: The Genesis of a Genocide, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 103:

     […] 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 […]

   • 2020 November 6, Clifford Lee, When Blood Flows, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN:

     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 […]

   • 2021 January 26, Zimmy Zim, DAMUSLIM, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN:

     ... 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 […]

Anagrams

• Duma, Maud, duma, maud, muda