Vehicles

1. Mmotoka

   Car

   Usage

   A vehicle name; used when saying where you want to go or arranging a ride.

   Grammar Note

   Noun (class 9). Used in the Tatoeba sentence "Olina mmotoka" (also spelled emmotoka); 66 hits in lg.wikipedia. Not in the old dictionary.

2. Bbaasi

   Bus

   Usage

   A vehicle name; used when saying where you want to go or arranging a ride.

   Grammar Note

   Noun (class 9). A loanword from English; found in the Tatoeba sentence "ekitebe kya bbaasi" and in lg.wikipedia (19 hits).

3. Takisi

   Taxi

   Usage

   A taxi; in Uganda it often means a shared minibus.

   Grammar Note

   Noun (class 9). A loanword from English. Wikivoyage writes takisi and lg.wikipedia has Ttakisi, so the spelling varies.

4. Boda boda

   Boda boda (motorbike taxi)

   Usage

   The motorbike taxi most commonly used around Ugandan towns.

   Grammar Note

   Noun (class 9). lg.wikipedia has an article "Boda-boda" and also writes bodaboda in running text (12 hits).

5. Pikipiki

   Motorbike

   Usage

   A vehicle name; used when saying where you want to go or arranging a ride.

   Grammar Note

   Noun (class 9). lg.wikipedia writes pikipiki, for example in the article on boda-boda (12 hits); the dictionary has the older spelling ppikipiki.

6. Eggaali y'omukka

   Train

   Usage

   A train; literally "the vehicle of steam".

   Grammar Note

   Noun (class 5, eggaali, with a linked "of" word). Found in the lg.wikipedia article on the railway museum (3 hits); the dictionary lists it as ggaali y'omukka (steam vehicle).

7. Eggaali

   Bicycle

   Usage

   A bicycle; the word also covers wheeled vehicles in general.

   Grammar Note

   Noun (class 5). The dictionary gives eggaali for "bicycle" and also for vehicle and cart; 19 hits in lg.wikipedia.

8. Ennyonyi

   Airplane

   Usage

   An aeroplane; the same word means a bird, so context decides.

   Grammar Note

   Noun (class 9). Used for "aeroplane" in lg.wikipedia, for example in the article "Ennyonyi (Aircraft)"; the same word also means "bird".

9. Emmeeri

   Ship

   Usage

   A vehicle name; used when saying where you want to go or arranging a ride.

   Grammar Note

   Noun (class 9). Listed in the dictionary and attested in lg.wikipedia (17 hits).

10. Eryato

    Small boat

    Usage

    A small boat; useful at the landing places on Lake Victoria.

    Grammar Note

    Noun (class 5; the plural is amaato). The dictionary gives eryaato / eryato for "boat" and lg.wikipedia uses eryato (14 hits).

11. Loole

    Lorry / Truck

    Usage

    A vehicle name; used when saying where you want to go or arranging a ride.

    Grammar Note

    Noun (class 9). A loanword from English "lorry"; 22 hits in lg.wikipedia. Not in the old dictionary.

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