Etymology

boda-boda

Today it means: A bicycle or motorcycle used as a taxi. Full definition →

Swahili bodaboda ← English border ← Middle English bordure
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The story

  1. Old Frenchbordeure
  2. Middle Englishbordure
  3. Englishborder
  4. Swahilibodaboda
  5. English todayboda-boda

Borrowed from Swahili bodaboda, from English border.

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