bwana

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Several men then went to the assistance of Mali-ya-bwana, the tent bearer; and the others methodically took up various tasks.

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  • "Thanks bwana, I appreciate your cool head and forward thinking as well ..."
  • Today at 16: 59.20 (1 hour ago) umno must have got the inspiration for "ketuanan" from the Swahili term 'bwana' meaning —  Planet Malaysia
  • Sponsor: Try SquareSpace free for 14 days, use the code "bwana" to save 10\% on the life of the account —  recent posts - blip.tv (beta)
  • I had begun reading, and had all but forgotten his presence Jambo bwana (greeting, master)!" —  African Camp Fires
  • On top of this the Union Parliament has passed a law making even the future purchase of land by Negroes illegal save in restricted areas 112] The traveler Glave writes in the Century Magazine (LIII, 913 Formerly [in the Congo Free State] an ordinary white man was merely called 'bwana' or 'Mzunga'; now the merest insect of a pale face earns the title of 'bwana Mkubwa' [big master 113] E.D. Morel, in the Nineteenth Century SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING There is no general history of the Negro race. —  The Negro
 

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  1. Swahili, from Arabic 'abūnā, our father : 'abū, bound form of 'ab, father; see אb in Semitic roots + -nā, our.
 

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