"buibui" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buibuis [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili buibuibor. English buibui Borrowed from Swahili buibui, from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|sw:buibui|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili buibuibor. English buibui Borrowed from Swahili buibui, from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Head templates: {{en-noun}} buibui (plural buibuis)
  1. (East Africa) Synonym of chador (“Muslim women's garment”). Tags: Africa, East Synonyms: chador [synonym, synonym-of]

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