jina la heshima la mwanamume Bwana mkubwa Bwana mdogo Synonyms: sayidi, hababi, maulana 2. It is not half what you deserve, and were the heart of the Big Bwana not filled with love for his black children-were he like other white Bwanas old Muviro has seen-you would be lashed until you could not stand, perhaps until you died.īwana never countenanced such acts in his country and his word was law among those who hunted within a radius of many miles of his estate. Meaning of word bwana in English Dictionary noun 1(in East Africa) a boss or master (often used as a title or form of address). /bwana/ nomino Word forms: mabwana (plural) Ngeli za nomino: a-, wa- 1. Having ensured himself that the white man in the menzil of Ibn Jad w as Stimbol and that none knew the whereabouts of the other American, he was hastening back to the locality where Blake's boy had told him their bwana had disappeared, in the hope of picking up his trail and, if unable to assist him, at least to learn what fate had overtaken him. He said to do it as long as the bad bwana obeyed the commands of Tarzan. Up, Simba''in a fake-deep bwana voice as he hefts the camera to his right shoulder, and he and Frank C. Our Bwana ascended the slopes of the Wiramwazi and the spirits of the dead being angry seized him and carried him away.īut, Bwana, even if a human being could find a way down these steep cliffs, where there is no place for either hand or foot, he would surely be killed the moment he reached the bottom, for this indeed must be the Land of The Lost Tribe where the spirits of the dead live in the heart of the Wiramwazi.Īnd if you reach the bottom, Bwana, and you are right about the spirits and there are none or they do not kill you, how will you get out again? These were the diamonds that had been stolen from The Big Bwana many moons before by the white men who had found Opar. We will live up to our agreement and the old bwana may return in safety with the young bwana. Many times we would have turned back thinking that he was mad, but he urged us on and we followed him, and now the big Bwana can come back with us to the home of his own people. Etymologically it is from amba (-amba) meaning to say. Jambo primarily means 'affair', in the sense of commercial, professional, public or personal business. We are afraid to stay here, and we are afraid to run away from the great Bwana Tarzan. Specifically, Jambo is a Swahili language word that belongs to noun classes 5-6 for 'collectives'. We had agreed to serve Bwana Gregory, but he told us Bwana Gregory wished us to accompany him instead. Makonde knew me as Bwana Mutaro, Master Furrow, for wherever I went my tusks would plow up twin furrows in the hard African earth, and my spoor could be mistaken for no other. Bwana was wondering how a lone white man could have made his way through the savage, unhospitable miles that lay toward the south.