bodaboda

See also: boda-boda and boda boda

English

Noun

bodaboda (plural bodabodas)

  1. Alternative form of boda-boda.

Malagasy

Etymology 1

Noun

bodaboda

  1. (Tankarana) a cry of anger

Etymology 2

Adjective

bodaboda

  1. (dialectal) soft, tender

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English border, from the use of cargo bikes for cross-border smuggling.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

bodaboda class IX (plural bodaboda class X)

  1. boda-boda: a bicycle or motorcycle used as a taxi.

Descendants

  • → English: boda-boda

References

  1. ^ Gian Luca Gamberini (2014), Inquiries Journal‎[1], volume 6, number 1:
    This development gave rise to the Boda Boda taxi system which, from the border between Uganda and Kenya, where it was invented spread quickly in east Africa. The name still carries its outlaw’s origins and it is a mispronunciation of the words “border border,” which just reminds the smuggling practices of the 1960s. Today it has become a common means of transportation especially in rural areas of Southeast Asia and Central Africa.
  2. ^ Philip Briggs; Andrew Roberts (2007), Uganda, Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 99: “One of the most popular ways of getting around Uganda is the bicycle-taxi or boda-boda, so-called because they originated as bicycles with large panniers, used for smuggling goods across borders by rural footpaths.”
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