Another word list

Wow! We've got a ton of East African English vocabulary items. I think there's some overlap going on, but that's okay.

§ Direct lexical transfers:
o Cooking and drinking:
1. njohi = homemade beer
2. kuon = boiled corn meal
3. ojuri = type of Luo food
4. irio = food
5. busaa = homebrewed beer
6. sufuria = wide-bottomed aluminum pot
7. ugali = boiled corn meal
8. sukumawiki = spinach-like greens
o Farming and rural environment
1. githemithu and gathano = names of seasons
2. mwarki tree = castor seed tree
3. jembe = hoe
4. rungu = blunt blade for hitting
5. panga = curved-bladed tool for cutting
6. kuni = firewood
7. shamba = cultivated plot of land
o Societal concepts and relationships
1. kihii = uncircumcised boy
2. thingira = a man’s hut
3. thahu = a curse
4. baba = father
5. majengo = ghetto
o Expressions of unity and nationalism
1. wananchi = people/citizens
2. harambee = let’s pull together
3. uhuru = freedom/independence
4. baraza = large, official meeting

This list came from:

Zuengler, J. (1982). Kenyan English. In B. Kachru (Ed.) The Other Tongue: English across Cultures (pp. 112-124). University of Illinois Press: Chicago.