ekkanisa

Luganda

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili kanisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekːanísa/

Noun

ekkanisa (class III, plural ekkanisa, base state kkanisa, plural base state kkanisa)

1. a church, especially a Protestant church

   Coordinate term: ekkereziya (“(Roman Catholic) church”)

   2014, Endagaano Enkadde n'Endagaano Empya [Luganda Contemporary Bible], Biblica, Ebikolwa by'Abatume 15:4:

   Bwe baatuuka mu Yerusaalemi ne baanirizibwa ekkanisa, abatume n'abakadde b'Ekkanisa bonna. Ne babategeeza byonna Katonda bye yabakozesa.

   When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

   (literally, “[...] the church, the apostles and all the elders of the Church.”)

References

• Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149
• Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 220