Meat & Fish

Ennyama

Meat

Ennyama y'ente

Beef

Ennyama y'embuzi

Goat meat

Ennyama y'embizzi

Pork

Enkoko

Chicken

Obusajja / Embizzi y'omunsiko

Wild boar / Bush pig

Ennyama y'endiga

Mutton / Lamb

Akanyama / Ekinyambya

A piece of meat

Ggumba

Bone

Essanga

Marrow / Cartilage (large bone cut)

Omusanjala / Omusuwa

Tendon / Sinew

Ekiwu

Skin / Hide (eaten sometimes - Kaloova)

Ebbuwa

Steak / Fillet (meat without bones)

Ekituuti

Brisket / Chest cut

Akasajja

Ribs (Ennyama y'embavu)

Ekisambi

Thigh (cut of meat)

Ekiwawa

Wing

Akatiba

Hoof / Trotters (cow heels)

Mbulugu

Intestines / Tripe (Ebyenda)

Kalimi

Tongue (as meat)

Ekibumba

Liver

Ekiwanga

Head (meat, e.g. Goat's head)

Akatako

Kidney

Ekimuli

Heart (as meat/Organ - Omutima)

Ekyenda / Ebyenda

Intestines

Kikokko

Gizzard

Kiswa

Stomach lining / Tripe

Ekisolo kya ttuntu

Spleen / Lungs (Ekiwuggwe)

Omusaayi

Blood (Sometimes cooked/coagulated)

Bisiwa bya musaayi

Blood sausages (cultural variant)

Amata g'ente

Cow's Milk

Bbata

Butter

Bboogo / Kiziba

Ghee / Clarified butter

Kiwo

Curse / Curdled milk (Bongo/Kivuge)

Ciizi

Cheese

Amagi g'enkoko

Chicken eggs

Amagi g'embaata

Duck eggs

Ecculuusi / Amagi agawole

Boiled eggs

Amagi amalunde / amafuuke

Scrambled / Fried eggs

Ssande

Yolk (Omutima gw'eggi)

Ekyennyanja

Fish

Ngege

Tilapia

Mpuuta

Nile Perch

Mukene

Silverfish (small sardine-like fish)

Nkejje

Haplochromis (Small sprat-like dry fish)

Mamba

Lungfish

Ssemutundu

Catfish

Mmamba ya kasolo

Mudfish

Ekiyuva / Ekiyiba

Fish scale(s)

Amagumba g'ennyanja

Fish bones

Ekyennyanja ekyokye

Roasted fish

Ekyennyanja ekikalu

Smoked/Dried fish

Ssonko

Crab/Snail shell (Seafood context)

Ebiwoogere

Gills

Makubo ga nnyanja

Fish roe / Fish eggs (Amagi g'ekyennyanja)

Suupu w'ekyennyanja

Fish broth / Soup

Ekiyenje

Cockroach (Not food!) / Mentioning bugs eaten

Nsenene

Grasshoppers (Edible insect)

Nswa

White ants / Termites (Edible insect)

Maseke

Maseke (another edible termite)

Ennyama embisi

Raw meat

Ennyama enfumbe

Boiled meat / Cooked meat

Ennyama ensiike

Fried meat

Ennyama enjokye

Roasted meat (Muchomo)

Ennyama enkalu

Dried/Smoked meat

Kubaaga

To slaughter / butcher

Saluuni ya nnyama

Butchery

Musala gwa nnyama

Butcher worker / Cutter

Kusala busera

To mince / cut fine

Ebisuusa

Sausages

Nyama ya kusonako

Minced meat

Akawuuwo

Scent/Smell of cooking meat

Kuwunya kuvundu

To smell rotten (Meat gone off)

Kikalubye

Tough / Hard (meat)

Kigonvu

Tender / Soft (meat)

Kuqonda nnyama

To stew/boil slowly

Esuupu ow'amaanyi

Rich / Thick meat broth

Ennyama enyingi

A lot of meat (plentiful)

Musuwa gwa butto

Fat / Fatty part of meat

Enjoka

Worms/Parasites (why meat is cooked well)

Embaata

Duck

Ssekkoko

Turkey

Akawamuko

Guinea fowl

Empeewo

Antelope / Gazelle (Bush meat context)

Akaamunye

Hawk (Not eaten, but bird context)

Enkuba y'enkoko

Chicken breast

Amagulu g'enkoko

Chicken legs (Chicken feet)

Okozesa nkoko mmumba

Whole chicken

Mutwe gw'enkoko

Chicken head

Lubuto lw'enkoko

Chicken bowels/Crop

Musolo

Meat tax / Butcher cut

Nnyama y'emamba

Lungfish meat

Ekirowoozo kya mwokyo

Aroma of roast

Akayinja

Kidney stones/Gristle (unwanted parts)

Nkofu

Guinea Fowl Meat

Ttunula mbega

Game meat vendor (cultural phrase)

Lugoye lw'ebyenda

Sausage casing (natural intestines)

Akatandaako

Meat hook (in butchery)

Kketa

Cleaver / Butcher's knife

Ebiwujugu

Leftover animal parts / Scraps