Luganda

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˈɡændə/, /luːˈɡɑːndə/

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Etymology 1

Luganda Oluganda (“Luganda”)

Proper noun

Luganda

1. A Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.

   Synonym: Ganda

   • 2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 48:

     Then it dawned on her. He did not know any Luganda. All along he had not understood a word she had said.

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧干達語 / 卢干达语 (zh)

• Dutch: Luganda (nl)
• Farefare: Lugandarɛ
• Finnish: ganda (fi)
• German: Luganda (de) n
• Hungarian: ganda (hu)
• Japanese: ガンダ語
• Luganda: Oluganda
• Marathi: लुगांडा f (lugāṇḍā)
• Portuguese: luganda (pt)
• Russian: луганда (ru) (luganda)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Ikiganda
• Swahili: Kiganda (sw)
• Turkish: Luganda dili (tr)
• Ukrainian: луга́нда f (luhánda), га́нда f (hánda)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Luganda terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code lg, ISO 639-3 code lug (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Luganda, lug ⁠

Etymology 2

Portmanteau of Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk) or Russian Луганск (Lugansk) + Uganda. Alternatively borrowed directly from either Russian Луга́нда (Lugánda) or Ukrainian Луга́нда (Luhánda).

Proper noun

Luganda

1. (derogatory, humorous, Internet) Luhansk, in particular the mostly unrecognised Luhansk People's Republic.

   Coordinate term: Donbabwe

   • 2019, Lorella Viola, Andreas Musolff, Migration and Media: Discourses about identities in crisis, →ISBN, Chapter 11, page 285:

     A novel abusive word for a resident of Lugansk "Lugan-don/Lugansk-condom" can be explained as either an agglutination of the two words "Lugansk" + "condom" or as a reference to a mythological country "Luganda" whose name comprises component "Lugansk" and "Uganda".

Derived terms

• Lugandan

References

• Erin Coyne, Igor Fisun (2017), What They Didn't Teach You in Russian Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More, →ISBN