Kabakan.

Brit.

/kəˈbɑːkə/, U.S.

/kəˈbɑkə/, East African English

/kaˈbaka/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda kabaka.

Etymology: < Luganda kabaka king, especially as the title of the king of Buganda < ka-, prefix used in personal names and titles + -baka, perhaps related to either (o)mubaka messenger or (o)kubaka to catch in the hand.

The king of Buganda, the largest of the traditional kingdoms of present-day Uganda, and of the Baganda people inhabiting it. Also as a title. Cf. Baganda n.

ΚΠ

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 293 The principal officers under the despot of Uganda are, first, the Kimara Vyona..: to this, the chief civilian of the land..is committed; he also directs the kabaka or village headmen.

1925 J. W. Mackail J. L. Strachan-Davidson 90 The choice of an English tutor for the eight-year-old Kabaka of Uganda.

2019 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 3 Nov. Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi has made a major shakeup in his administration.

Derivatives

Kaˈbakaship n. the office or position of Kabaka. [Probably after Luganda (o)bwakabaka the office of Kabaka (also used to denote the territory ruled by a Kabaka).]

ΚΠ

1934 tr. H. Mukasa in Uganda Jrnl. Apr. 127 This chief, Nduga the Mukwenda, did not know that his nephew would be passed over for the Kabakaship.

2018 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 10 Jan. The crown sits easily on Mutebi's head as a result of his having consolidated his kabakaship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	kabaka
释义	Kabakan. Brit. /kəˈbɑːkə/, U.S. /kəˈbɑkə/, East African English /kaˈbaka/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda kabaka. Etymology: < Luganda kabaka king, especially as the title of the king of Buganda < ka-, prefix used in personal names and titles + -baka, perhaps related to either (o)mubaka messenger or (o)kubaka to catch in the hand. The king of Buganda, the largest of the traditional kingdoms of present-day Uganda, and of the Baganda people inhabiting it. Also as a title. Cf. Baganda n. ΚΠ 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 293 The principal officers under the despot of Uganda are, first, the Kimara Vyona..: to this, the chief civilian of the land..is committed; he also directs the kabaka or village headmen. 1925 J. W. Mackail J. L. Strachan-Davidson 90 The choice of an English tutor for the eight-year-old Kabaka of Uganda. 2019 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 3 Nov. Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi has made a major shakeup in his administration. Derivatives Kaˈbakaship n. the office or position of Kabaka. [Probably after Luganda (o)bwakabaka the office of Kabaka (also used to denote the territory ruled by a Kabaka).] ΚΠ 1934 tr. H. Mukasa in Uganda Jrnl. Apr. 127 This chief, Nduga the Mukwenda, did not know that his nephew would be passed over for the Kabakaship. 2018 Daily Monitor (Kampala) (Nexis) 10 Jan. The crown sits easily on Mutebi's head as a result of his having consolidated his kabakaship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1860
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