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bwana
[ bwah-nuh ]
noun
- (in Africa) master; boss.
bwana
/ ˈɑːə /
noun
- (in E Africa) a master, often used as a respectful form of address corresponding to sir
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bwana1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bwana1
Example Sentences
Now nicknamed "Bwana Shea" or Mr Shea, he walks from village to village in the north-west of the country rallying people to protect what he sees as a vanishing treasure.
He saw them all: “House of Wax,” “Bwana Devil,” “The Maze.”
The Sounders won 2-1, former midfielder Handwalla Bwana and striker Raul Ruidiaz providing the scores.
One guide who survives, Benjamin Kikwete, and his older mentor, Muema Kambona, sound at times like Hollywood versions of themselves, using tired terms like “bwana” and saying improbable things about the landscape such as, “This could never grow tiresome.”
Baaz was using Bwana and Bi, the more formal honorifics of the Zamani language, clearly trying to impress.
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