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Luganda
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English
Pronunciation
en /luːˈɡændə/ /luːˈɡɑːndə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Luganda.wav Southern England
Etymology 1
en lg Oluganda Luganda
Proper noun
A Bantu language spoken mostly in Uganda.
en Ganda
en 2020 Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi The First Woman Oneworld Publications 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: cmn 盧干達語
Dutch: nl Luganda
Farefare: gur Lugandarɛ
Finnish: fi ganda
German: de Luganda n
Hungarian: hu ganda
Japanese: ja ガンダ語
Luganda: lg Oluganda
Marathi: mr लुगांडा f
Portuguese: pt luganda
Russian: ru луганда
Rwanda-Rundi: rw Ikiganda
Swahili: sw Kiganda
Turkish: tr Luganda dili
Ukrainian: uk луга́нда f, uk га́нда f
See also
lg
Further reading
1 lg lug
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Etymology 2
en Ukraine
Portmanteau of en uk Луга́нськ or en ru Луганск + en Uganda. Alternatively borrowed directly from either en ru Луга́нда or en uk Луга́нда.
Proper noun
en derogatory humorous internet Luhansk, in particular the mostly unrecognised Luhansk People's Republic.
en Donbabwe
en Migration and Media: Discourses about identities in crisis Lorella Viola; Andreas Musolff 2019 Chapter 11 285 9789027262707 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
en Lugandan
References
en What They Didn't Teach You in Russian Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More Erin Coyne, Igor Fisun 2017 9781612436777
en Derogatory names for places Languages Nationalism Ukraine
en blends