"bwana" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-bwana.flac Forms: mabwana [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|أب|أَبُونَا|our father}} Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”), {{root|sw|ar|ء ب و}} Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} bwana, {{sw-noun|ma}} bwana (ma class, plural mabwana)
  1. master, lord Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-bwana-sw-noun-oY8IK~Re
  2. mister, Mr. Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-bwana-sw-noun-ngW-9yL- Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 34 50 8 8
  3. boss Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-bwana-sw-noun-pefAAkQ3
  4. husband Tags: class-5, class-6
    Sense id: en-bwana-sw-noun-n-6PiLk6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Bw. [abbreviation] Coordinate_terms: bibi

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ny",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Chichewa: bwana",
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      ],
      "text": "→ Chichewa: bwana"
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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}
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili ma class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns",
    "Swahili terms derived from Arabic",
    "Swahili terms derived from the Arabic root ء ب و"
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        "class-6"
      ]
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        "class-5",
        "class-6"
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          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
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        "class-5",
        "class-6"
      ]
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}

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