Indulgences

1. Ekikajjo kiwooma

   Sugar cane is sweet

   Usage

   Says that sugar cane (ekikajjo) is sweet or tasty. A sentence from Tatoeba

   Grammar Note

   A Tatoeba sentence (original spelling kiwoma, respelled kiwooma to match okuwooma elsewhere in this data; the stray space before the full stop is removed). okuwooma means tasty and is used for sweet. The dictionary gives sugarcane = ekikajjo.

2. Gonja

   Gonja (sweet plantain)

   Usage

   A sweet plantain variety. The dictionary gives plantain (sweet) = gonja, and lg.wikipedia lists it among banana varieties

   Grammar Note

   Based on the dictionary entry plantain (sweet) = gonja; lg.wikipedia uses it only as a variety name.

3. Amandazi ne caayi

   Mandazi and tea

   Usage

   Naming mandazi (fried dough) together with tea, for ordering or offering both

   Grammar Note

   A phrase composed from dictionary-verified words, based on lg.wikipedia "Amandazi gatera okuliibwa ne caayi" (mandazi are often eaten with tea).

4. Keeki

   Cake

   Usage

   The word for cake, a loanword listed in the dictionary

   Grammar Note

   A loan from English "cake". The dictionary gives cake = keeki, omugaati gwa keeki.

5. Sigala

   Sigala (cigarette)

   Usage

   Cigarette. lg.wikipedia uses it in health articles, for example advising people to avoid smoking sigala. Useful as a word when buying at a shop

   Grammar Note

   A loan from English "cigarette". It is not in the dictionary and was confirmed from lg.wikipedia usage. Tobacco (the leaf) is ttaaba.

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