Muganda
/muːˈɡændə/noun
A member of the Ganda people of Uganda, especially one associated with the historic kingdom of Buganda.
Did you know?In Luganda, the prefixes distinguish the system precisely: mu- marks one person, ba- marks people, bu- marks the land or kingdom, and lu- marks the language.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Bantu
Proto-Bantu
*mu-
“A noun-class prefix referring to a human being or individual person.”
Precolonial period
Luganda
Ganda
“The ethnonym and cultural name associated with the people and polity centered in present-day central Uganda.”
Precolonial Luganda
Luganda
Muganda
“A single member of the Ganda people, formed with mu-, the singular human prefix.”
19th Century
English
Muganda
“An English-recorded form for an individual member of the Ganda people during the period of expanding European documentation of Buganda.”
Modern English
English
Muganda
“A member of the Ganda people of Uganda.”