Kiganda
/kiːˈɡɑːndə/noun
A Swahili-derived English term meaning relating to the Ganda people, their culture, or their language.
Did you know?Kiganda is formed with Swahili ki-, a noun-class prefix frequently used in names for languages and cultural forms, while the Ganda language is more commonly called Luganda by its speakers.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Bantu
Proto-Bantu
*kì-
“A noun-class prefix used in many Bantu languages for things, qualities, instruments, and linguistic forms”
Precolonial East Africa
Bantu
Ganda
“The ethnonym for the people of Buganda, in present-day Uganda”
19th Century
Swahili
Kiganda
“The Ganda language or something associated with the Ganda people”
19th–20th Century
English
Kiganda
“An English borrowing referring to Ganda language, culture, or identity”
Modern English
English
Kiganda
“Relating to the Ganda people, their language, or their cultural traditions”
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