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Mung beans / Choroko beans in Uganda

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  Mung beans are small legumes, in the same family as beans and lentils. Today mung beans are cultivated in China, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Korea, and Southeast Asia (among other places, but the legume is believed to have originated in the Middle East. Mung beans refer to the whole, intact bean that’s encased in a green husk. This is what we're working with today. Mung beans are also referred to as green gram, or moong, and probably other regional names that I'm missing as well. In Uganda mung beans are called Choroko , a name given to it by the northern and West Nile part of Uganda. These people introduced mung to the rest of Uganda as it is today enjoyed by almost every Ugandan. Choroko is preferred with Karo their staple food,  however other people have adopted the combination of Choroko beans with food like matooke , posho (ugali)  , cassava and so forth . Mung beans are nutritious and healthy just like other kidney beans.  You do not want to miss this delic...
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Ekigere

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 \ noun(linnya)   Language : Luganda   Plural : Ebigere   A leg is ekigere in Luganda language   Example Ekigere kyange kiriko ebbwa. Translation  My leg has a wound on it.
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Nnawolovu

 \ noun(linnya) Language: Luganda A small animal that changes its colour depending on its background. A chameleon. The Baganda of Uganda call it nnawolovu. Example Wali ku multi waliwo Ka nnawolovu.  There is a chameleon at the tree.
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Okuswankula

 \verb(kikolwa)   Language : Luganda An act of eating or chewing while making  irritating sounds from one's mouth . Usually such people chew with their lips apart. This is considered misbehaviour among the Baganda in Uganda which is not the case in some other tribes of Uganda Example Nabuuma aswankula nyo ng'alya.  Nabuuma makes alot of irritating sounds while eating.
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Okuswaaga

 \ verb(kikolwa) An act of eating and finishing the sauce or soup before the food and require more sauce to finish your food . Example   Babirye aswaaga enva. Babirye always finishes her sauce before the food.
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Dozing in Luganda

  Okusumagira   \ Verb(kikolwa) .fall lightly asleep  Example English : I found my big sister dozing by the fire place  Luganda : Nasanze baaba wange ng'asumagirira ku kyoto 
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Auntie in Runyakitara /runyankole

 Swenkanzi  \noun One's father's sister (the sister to one's father)  This is Lunyakitara /runyankole 
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