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单词 busaa
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busaan.

Brit. /ˌbuːˈsɑː/, U.S. /ˌbuˈsɑ/, East African English /ˌbuˈsa/
Forms: 1900s– busa, 1900s– busaa, 1900s– buzaa, 1900s– buza.
Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymon: Swahili buzaa.
Etymology: < Swahili buzaa, (also) buza, apparently < Nubi buzaa, perhaps influenced by earlier Swahili †boza intoxicating drink made with cannabis (apparently also a loanword; parallels are widely attested in languages of the Near East and the western Indian Ocean; compare boza n.).Nubi is an Arabic-based creole language spoken in Kenya and Uganda.
East African (chiefly Kenyan English).
A strong home-brewed traditional Kenyan beer made from fermented millet, maize, or sorghum flour.
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1967 National Assembly Official Rep. (Kenya) 12 1760 The police of our country are engaged very much in looking for changaa illegal brewers and busaa in the villages.
1979 N. Nelson in R. Bromley & C. Gerry Casual Work & Poverty in Third World Cities xiv. 294 Most of these are older women who have already made a great deal of money brewing buzaa. They may wish to shift their business activities to a less arduous and risky area.
2020 Business Daily (Nairobi) (Nexis) 24 June The women who used to make busaa would allow us to scoop the fermented flour on our way to school before it was taken to the river for processing into a recreational beverage.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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