The Luhya word for the English word young is "vijana."
Hamza A. K. Mwenegoha has written: 'Shujaa wa vijana' 'Kifo cha furaha'
Bwana = Mr, sir, lord, master Mabwana = gentlemen, menfolk It is a word from the Bantu language group. There are many words from related roots in many African languages; e.g., Bafana from Zulu/Xhosa and other South African language; the national soccer team is known as Bafanabafana, the boys. In Swahili some words from the same -ana root as bwana are: kijana = youth vijana = young people mvulana = boy ujana = abstract noun youth; wana/wana = son or child (sing./pl.,found in hundreds of names and words, e.g., mwanafunzi student mwanangu my child, Mwanahamisi child of hamisi wanajeshi, soldiers.)