boda bodan.

Brit.

/ˌbəʊdə ˈbəʊdə/, U.S.

/ˌboʊdə ˈboʊdə/

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili (Sheng) boda boda.

Etymology: < Swahili (Sheng) boda boda, apparently < English border, border (as said by a rider advertising his or her services near a border crossing); the expression is said to have originated in the town of Busia, straddling the border between Kenya and Uganda.Sheng is an urban variety of Swahili, with a vocabulary heavily influenced by other languages, especially English.

In East Africa: a bicycle or motorbike used as a taxi to transport people or goods.

ΚΠ

1995 Gross Domest. Product & Expenditure on Gross Domest. Product for Uganda (Statist. Bull. No. GDP/6) Pref. p. v It has so far proved virtually impossible to make reliable estimates of the contribution of boda-bodas (bicycle taxis) to GDP.

2014 L. Williams Uganda Handbk. (ed. 3) 43 If time is short or if walking gets tiring, you can always jump on a boda-boda.

2016 Atlantic Cities (Nexis) 4 Mar. With little to no formal training required, driving boda bodas appeals to jobless youth.

2017 @AderaJacob 28 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Kindly tame the boda boda riders crossing dual carriageways. This is very common along Mombasa road.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	boda boda
释义	boda bodan. Brit. /ˌbəʊdə ˈbəʊdə/, U.S. /ˌboʊdə ˈboʊdə/ Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili (Sheng) boda boda. Etymology: < Swahili (Sheng) boda boda, apparently < English border, border (as said by a rider advertising his or her services near a border crossing); the expression is said to have originated in the town of Busia, straddling the border between Kenya and Uganda.Sheng is an urban variety of Swahili, with a vocabulary heavily influenced by other languages, especially English. In East Africa: a bicycle or motorbike used as a taxi to transport people or goods. ΚΠ 1995 Gross Domest. Product & Expenditure on Gross Domest. Product for Uganda (Statist. Bull. No. GDP/6) Pref. p. v It has so far proved virtually impossible to make reliable estimates of the contribution of boda-bodas (bicycle taxis) to GDP. 2014 L. Williams Uganda Handbk. (ed. 3) 43 If time is short or if walking gets tiring, you can always jump on a boda-boda. 2016 Atlantic Cities (Nexis) 4 Mar. With little to no formal training required, driving boda bodas appeals to jobless youth. 2017 @AderaJacob 28 July in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Kindly tame the boda boda riders crossing dual carriageways. This is very common along Mombasa road. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1995
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