See bwana on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for bwana meaning in All languages combined (6.6kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sw",
"3": "bwana",
"4": "",
"5": "master"
},
"expansion": "Swahili bwana (“master”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "أب",
"4": "أَبُونَا",
"5": "our father"
},
"expansion": "Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "abbot"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of abbot",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ء ب و"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Doublet of abbot.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bwanas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bwana (plural bwanas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2005, David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays, New York: Little, Brown and Company, page 208",
"text": "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 […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Big boss, important person."
],
"id": "en-bwana-en-noun-swKo27ih",
"links": [
[
"boss",
"boss"
],
[
"important",
"important"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) Big boss, important person."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbwɑːnə/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːnə"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bwana.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bwana.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bwana.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bwana.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bwana.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "bwana"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "awg",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "bwana",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Anguthimri",
"lang_code": "awg",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Anguthimri entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bream"
],
"id": "en-bwana-awg-noun-pQtfFBd6",
"links": [
[
"bream",
"bream"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Mpakwithi) bream"
],
"tags": [
"Mpakwithi"
]
}
],
"word": "bwana"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "sw",
"3": "bwana",
"4": "",
"5": "master"
},
"expansion": "Swahili bwana (“master”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "ar",
"3": "أب",
"4": "أَبُونَا",
"5": "our father"
},
"expansion": "Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bwána",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"class-1a"
]
},
{
"form": "abwána",
"tags": [
"class-2",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bwána",
"2": "1a"
},
"expansion": "bwána class 1a (plural abwána class 2)",
"name": "ny-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"boss, master"
],
"id": "en-bwana-ny-noun-FECnL6v~",
"links": [
[
"boss",
"boss"
],
[
"master",
"master"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɓʷá.na/"
}
],
"word": "bwana"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "#"
},
"expansion": "bwana m (invariable)",
"name": "it-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian nouns with irregular gender",
"parents": [
"Nouns with irregular gender",
"Irregular nouns",
"Nouns by inflection type",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bwana"
],
"id": "en-bwana-it-noun-ZLeWVeGu",
"links": [
[
"bwana",
"bwana#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"invariable",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "bwana"
}
{
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "bibi"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "bwana",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Chichewa: bwana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chichewa: bwana"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bwana",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: bwana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: bwana"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "أب",
"4": "أَبُونَا",
"5": "our father"
},
"expansion": "Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ء ب و"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mabwana",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "noun",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "bwana",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ma"
},
"expansion": "bwana (ma class, plural mabwana)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"master, lord"
],
"id": "en-bwana-sw-noun-oY8IK~Re",
"links": [
[
"master",
"master"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 50 8 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mister, Mr."
],
"id": "en-bwana-sw-noun-ngW-9yL-",
"links": [
[
"mister",
"mister"
],
[
"Mr.",
"Mr."
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"boss"
],
"id": "en-bwana-sw-noun-pefAAkQ3",
"links": [
[
"boss",
"boss"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"husband"
],
"id": "en-bwana-sw-noun-n-6PiLk6",
"links": [
[
"husband",
"husband"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-bwana.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/Sw-ke-bwana.flac/Sw-ke-bwana.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/Sw-ke-bwana.flac/Sw-ke-bwana.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
],
"text": "Audio (Kenya)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "Bw."
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sw:bwana"
],
"word": "bwana"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "awg",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "bwana",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Anguthimri",
"lang_code": "awg",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Anguthimri entries with incorrect language header",
"Anguthimri lemmas",
"Anguthimri nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"bream"
],
"links": [
[
"bream",
"bream"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Mpakwithi) bream"
],
"tags": [
"Mpakwithi"
]
}
],
"word": "bwana"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "sw",
"3": "bwana",
"4": "",
"5": "master"
},
"expansion": "Swahili bwana (“master”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "ar",
"3": "أب",
"4": "أَبُونَا",
"5": "our father"
},
"expansion": "Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bwána",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"class-1a"
]
},
{
"form": "abwána",
"tags": [
"class-2",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bwána",
"2": "1a"
},
"expansion": "bwána class 1a (plural abwána class 2)",
"name": "ny-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Chichewa",
"lang_code": "ny",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Chichewa class 1a nouns",
"Chichewa entries with incorrect language header",
"Chichewa lemmas",
"Chichewa nouns",
"Chichewa terms borrowed from Swahili",
"Chichewa terms derived from Arabic",
"Chichewa terms derived from Swahili",
"Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"boss, master"
],
"links": [
[
"boss",
"boss"
],
[
"master",
"master"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɓʷá.na/"
}
],
"word": "bwana"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sw",
"3": "bwana",
"4": "",
"5": "master"
},
"expansion": "Swahili bwana (“master”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "أب",
"4": "أَبُونَا",
"5": "our father"
},
"expansion": "Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "abbot"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of abbot",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ء ب و"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Doublet of abbot.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bwanas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bwana (plural bwanas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English slang",
"English terms borrowed from Swahili",
"English terms derived from Arabic",
"English terms derived from Swahili",
"English terms derived from the Arabic root ء ب و",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːnə",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːnə/2 syllables"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2005, David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays, New York: Little, Brown and Company, page 208",
"text": "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 […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Big boss, important person."
],
"links": [
[
"boss",
"boss"
],
[
"important",
"important"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) Big boss, important person."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbwɑːnə/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːnə"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bwana.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bwana.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bwana.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bwana.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bwana.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "bwana"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "#"
},
"expansion": "bwana m (invariable)",
"name": "it-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Italian countable nouns",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian indeclinable nouns",
"Italian lemmas",
"Italian masculine nouns",
"Italian nouns",
"Italian nouns with irregular gender",
"Italian terms spelled with W"
],
"glosses": [
"bwana"
],
"links": [
[
"bwana",
"bwana#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"invariable",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "bwana"
}
{
"categories": [
"Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
"Swahili lemmas",
"Swahili ma class nouns",
"Swahili nouns",
"Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
"Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ء ب و",
"Swahili terms with audio links"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "bibi"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ny",
"2": "bwana",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Chichewa: bwana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Chichewa: bwana"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bwana",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: bwana",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: bwana"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "أب",
"4": "أَبُونَا",
"5": "our father"
},
"expansion": "Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "ar",
"3": "ء ب و"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mabwana",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "noun",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "bwana",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ma"
},
"expansion": "bwana (ma class, plural mabwana)",
"name": "sw-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"master, lord"
],
"links": [
[
"master",
"master"
],
[
"lord",
"lord"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"mister, Mr."
],
"links": [
[
"mister",
"mister"
],
[
"Mr.",
"Mr."
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"boss"
],
"links": [
[
"boss",
"boss"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"husband"
],
"links": [
[
"husband",
"husband"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "Sw-ke-bwana.flac",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/Sw-ke-bwana.flac/Sw-ke-bwana.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/Sw-ke-bwana.flac/Sw-ke-bwana.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"Kenya"
],
"text": "Audio (Kenya)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "Bw."
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sw:bwana"
],
"word": "bwana"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.