Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryBig boss, important person.
Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā)bor. Swahili bwanabor. English bwana Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Doublet of abbot.
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