Luganda
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Luganda
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Further reading edit
- ISO 639-1 code lg, ISO 639-3 code lug (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Luganda, lug
Etymology 2 edit
Portmanteau of Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk) or Russian Луганск (Lugansk) + Uganda. Alternatively borrowed from either of the two languages and coined there similarly.
Proper noun edit
Luganda
- (derogatory, humorous, Internet) Luhansk, in particular the mostly unrecognised Luhansk People's Republic.
- Coordinate term: Donbabwe
- 2019, Lorella Viola, Andreas Musolff, Migration and Media: Discourses about identities in crisis, →ISBN, Chapter 11, page 285:
- A novel abusive word for a resident of Lugansk "Lugan-don/Lugansk-condom" can be explained as either an agglutination of the two words "Lugansk" + "condom" or as a reference to a mythological country "Luganda" whose name comprises component "Lugansk" and "Uganda".
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References edit
- Erin Coyne, Igor Fisun (2017) What They Didn't Teach You in Russian Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More, →ISBN