Sarah Mirza refers to the Swahili used in The Lion Guard as Swinglish which is Half English and half Swahili By this she is most likely referring to the fact that though Swahili is incorporated.

Swahili names in lion king. Rafikis song Asante sana squash banana we we nuga mi mi apana means thank you very much squash banana your a baboon and im not Some original Lion King characters were a lion cub named Mee-Too a fox and a Rhino. Then I found that Simba meant Lion There was of course a lion that went by the name of Simba in the first season of Big Cat Diary I believe. But I think it clear where the name of Simba came from for the.

Simba 2 m Eastern African Swahili Means lion in Swahili. My favorites are Bunga Kion Nala Rafiki and Zazu Share your favorites in the comments. Subira f Eastern African Swahili.

All other names are real Swahili names. Karibu welcome and Jenga to build. Vitani was originally going to be called Shetani which means devil.

Some names for your characters and their meanings Jioni meaning Dusk Jua meaning Sun Mwezi meaning Moon Mkali meaning Bright Kuwinda meaning Hunt Umeme meaning. Timon means respect while Pumbaa means slow-witted. And our teachers of the meaning of hakuna matada need a mention here too.

Simbas mothers name Sarabi means mirage an interesting choice but a gorgeous word nonetheless. I had just assumed he was named after Simba from The Lion King which is still a possibility but it could really go either way. I_love_lion king566 In the LK movies there are alot of names that are in Swahili.

The most famous expression from the movie hakuna matata is. It is cool Thumbs up. And so The Lion King is less a product of one nation than of pan-Africanism and of universal values.