ndakála

Lingala

Etymology

Compare Rwanda-Rundi indagara (“Lake Tanganyika sardine”).

Noun

ndakála class 9 (plural ndakála class 10, colloquial plural bandakála class 2)

1. Either of two species of herring endemic to Lake Tanganyika, the Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) and the slightly smaller Lake Tanganyika sprat (Stolothrissa tanganicae), both of which are important food fish.