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Ganda, n. and a.
Brit. |ˈgandə|, U.S. |ˈgændə|
Plural unchanged
[‹ Luganda ganda nominal stem denoting the Ganda language, country, people, etc., according to nominal prefix; compare Baganda n., Luganda n., Muganda n.]
A. n.
1. = Luganda n.
1891J. Torrend Compar. Gram. S.-Afr. Bantu Langs. i. iii. 26 Ganda has also a few double consonantal sounds which remind us of those which we have observed in Senna. 1907Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 6 394 The New Testament in Ganda, translated from the Greek. 1977K. Katzner Langs. of World (1986) ii. 311 Ganda, also known as Luganda, is the most important language of Uganda. 1998A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 213/2 Soga speakers consider Ganda an alien language, one that they need to know for political and religious reasons.
2. A member of a Luganda-speaking people inhabiting the region of Buganda on the north-west shore of Lake Victoria, now part of Uganda. Cf. Baganda n., Muganda n.
1906Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 19 75 The former contains tales, proverbs, and songs from the Bantu-peoples—..Ganda, Suaheli, Nyamwezi, Nyassa, Zulu. 1934Africa 7 494 The Journal has created considerable interest amongst the natives of Uganda, several have joined the Society, and quite recently a Ganda has read a paper before its members. 1995L. Garrett Coming Plague xi. 335 Knowing how bad the blood had been between the Mhaya of Tanzania and the Ganda of Uganda, the people were not surprised when the traditional healers were unable to lift the powerful curse and the death toll continued to rise.
B. adj. Of or relating to the Ganda or their language.
1894Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 7 302 In Central Africa, the..Ganda, and Nyam-Nyam languages may blossom into national literatures. 1952A. I. Richards in Econ. Devel. & Tribal Change vii. 184 Many foreigners are trying to get incorporated into Ganda society by every means in their power, including the adoption of Ganda names, the wearing of Ganda dress and sometimes by attempting to pass themselves off as members of Ganda clans. 1991R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) xii. 145 The Ganda word for a ‘reign’ is mirembe. 2000E. Maccoby et al. in M. S. Kimmel & A. Aronson Gendered Soc. Reader 50 For the first three years of his life, a Ganda child sleeps exclusively with his mother. |