eryanda

Luganda

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eljáːndá/

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, 1974, page 82