Bwana Mataka
Bwana may refer to: * List of English words of Niger-Congo origin * Bwana (film) ''Bwana'' is a 1996 Spanish drama film directed by Imanol Uribe. The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The plot tracks an African immigrant a ...

List Of English Words Of Niger-Congo Origin
This is a list of English language words that come from the Niger-Congo languages. It excludes placenames except where they have become common words. Bantu origin *banjo – probably Bantu ''mbanza'' *basenji – breed of dog from the Congo * boma – probably from Swahili * bwana – from Swahili, meaning an important person or safari leader *chimpanzee – loaned in the 18th century from a Bantu language, possibly Kivili ''ci-mpenzi''. *dengue – possibly from Swahili ''dinga'' * goober – possibly from Bantu (Kikongo and Kimbundu ''nguba'') *gilo - from Kimbundu ''njilu'', via Portuguese ''jiló'' *gumbo – from Bantu (Kimbundu ''ingombo'', plural of ''kingombo'', meaning "okra") *impala – from Zulu ''im-pala'' *impi – from Zulu language meaning war, battle or a regiment * indaba – from Xhosa or Zulu languages – 'stories' or 'news' typically conflated with 'meeting' (often used in South African English) * isango – Zulu meaning gateway *jumbo – from Swahi ...
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