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boda-boda en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (Africa, East) A bicycle or motorcycle used as a taxi.
   • 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. 2018, Mei-Po Kwan, Tim Schwanen, Geographies of Mobility: Recent Advances in Theory and Method, Routledge, →ISBN:
   • 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. 2017, Tanu Priya Uteng, Karen Lucas, Urban Mobilities in the Global South, Routledge, →ISBN:

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