eryanda

Luganda

Etymology

Borrowed from an extinct Tale South Cushitic language. Ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *ant- (“to cook”).

Noun

eryanda (class V, plural amanda, base state lyanda, plural base state manda)

  1. piece of charcoal, coal
  2. (in the plural) battery, batteries

References

  • Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 195
  • Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 313
  • Ethiopians and East Africans: The Problem of Contacts‎[1], 1974, page 82
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