eggi

Icelandic

Noun

eggi n

1. indefinite dative singular of egg

Luganda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́. False cognate of English egg.

Noun

eggi (class V, plural amagi, base state ggi, plural base state magi)

1. egg

   Nafumbye amagi abiri ku kyenkya. ― I boiled two eggs for breakfast.

   Eggi lino lye nagula mu katale lyali lya lunaku lumu lwokka. ― This egg I bought at the market was only one day old.

References

• Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 90
• Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 97