bba
The Luganda word for husband is bba.
The noun bba refers to a male partner in a marriage.
Meaning: male partner in marriage (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
To say 'my husband', you add the possessive pronoun wange after the noun, resulting in bba wange.
Did you know?
- In Luganda culture, a bba does not just marry an individual but establishes a formal alliance between two different ancestral clans.
- In traditional Luganda culture, a wife might never call her bba by his given name, as doing so could be seen as disrespectful or overly familiar.
- The word bba contains a geminate consonant, meaning the 'b' sound is held longer than in English to distinguish its meaning.
Examples in context
- Bba yange ali wano.My husband is here.
- Bba ye muntu mulungi.Her husband is a good person.
Example conversation
Nakayonze and Lutalo are talking about a mutual friend's family.
- NakayonzeBba we w'omuganda wange muntu mulungi.My relative's husband is a good person.
- LutaloKale, nze nneeyongere okumunnyonda.Right, I would like to get to know him more.
- NakayonzeBba we ajja n'omukyala we lwesu.Her husband is coming to our place with his wife.
- LutaloTujja kubasanyirira nnyo.We will welcome them very much.
