Ganda
/ˈɡandə/noun (plural same)
1A member of an African people of the kingdom of Buganda, now forming part of Uganda.Many Ganda continued trading items produced locally and regionally....
- Making known the existence of Buganda and its people had even greater implications for both European imperialists and the Ganda themselves.
- In the 188Os Buganda experienced food shortages, while disease depleted cattle herds; sources of ivory dried up, forcing the Ganda to export more slaves.
2 [mass noun] another term for Luganda.Ganda, also known as Luganda, is the most important language of Uganda, in East Africa....
- Soga speakers consider Ganda an alien language, one that they need to know for political and religious reasons.
- Then most of the rest of the song is in Ganda.
adjective
Relating to the Ganda or their language.Inspired by Bowlby, Ainsworth set out to observe how Ganda infants and their mothers interacted....
- She first began categorizing attachment styles during her work with the Ganda tribe in Uganda.
- While influenced by Ssengendo's interest in Ganda tradition, he carefully distances himself from his teacher by pushing the limits of figurative narrative.
Origin
Luganda ganda stem denoting the Ganda language, country, people, etc., according to its prefix. Compare Baganda, Luganda, Muganda.