ekimbala

== Luganda == === Etymology === Borrowed from an extinct Central Sudanic language. Compare with Lese baro (“heron”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eciːmbálá/ === Noun === ekimbala (class IV, plural ebimbala, base state kimbala, plural base state bimbala) goliath heron === References === Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136 Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 195 Early history in eastern Africa’s Great Lakes region: Linguistic, ecological, and archaeological approaches, ca. 500 B.C. to ca. A.D. 1000‎[1], 1990, page 577