bwana

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Big boss, important person. slang
    — It is Jim C.’s custom always to say “Up Simba” in a fake-deep bwana voice as he hefts the camera to his right shoulder […]

词形变化

bwanas plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-
Proto-Semitic *ʔabw-
Arabic أَب (ʔab)bor.
Swahili bwanabor.
English bwana
Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Doublet of abbot.
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