Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boda-boda

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: bo-da--bo-da
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

5

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bicycle or motorcycle used as a taxi.

Example Sentences

"The discussion opened our eyes to what has subsequently become perhaps the most important element of the work, that boda boda drivers are a completely alienated group within Kampala."
"Meanwhile, all but one of the boda-boda drivers interviewed owned a mobile phone and reported that up to twenty clients had their number stored."

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French bordeurebor. Middle English bordure English borderder. Swahili bodabodabor. English boda-boda Borrowed from Swahili bodaboda, from English border.

Origin

Source language: Swahili

Word Breakdown

Root: bodaboda, border

Inflected Forms

boda-bodas (plural) bodaboda (alternative) boda boda (alternative)

Questions

What does boda-boda mean?: A bicycle or motorcycle used as a taxi.
Where does boda-boda come from?: It is traced to Swahili.

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