I was surprised to find when I got here that Swahili words are in
the Lion King. Two very exciting things
have been for me to get to say Rafiki, my favourite characters name and Hakuna
Matata all the time. Rafiki means friend
and is used often, and I haven’t heard Hakuna Matata that often but I say it a lot J. I looked it up
and there are actually quite a few words in Swahili that are used in the movie! I found this out when I got here and wanted
to know more and found these cool facts, enjoy
Simba means lion
Nala means gift
Sarabi mean mirage
Kopa (Simab's son in a book series) means heart
Rafiki means friend
Pumbaa means stunned or slow wittied
Shenzi means savage
Banzai means skulk or lurk
Kovu means scar
Zira means hate (Originaly she was going to be called Bianca!)
Nuka means stink
Vitani was originally going to be called Shetani which means devil.
All other names are real Swahili names.
Rafiki's song 'Asante sana, squash banana, we we nuga, mi mi apana'
means 'thank you very much, squash banana, your a baboon and i'm not'
Some original Lion King characters were a lion cub named 'Mee-Too' a
fox and a Rhino. Sarafina was also more of an important character having
more lines.
Simba's great grandfather is named 'Mohatu'
The lyrics in Hakuna Matata are 'when I was a young warthog' but
originaly they were going to be 'when I was a young Meerkat'
