Concepts necessary for Luganda discourse on the Universe

The Discourse on the Universe (Obwengula) in Luganda.

Any discourse on the science of the universe or the cosmic arrangement in Luganda requires the following concepts:

•	Obwengula											The Universe

•	Nabire					
										Nebular
•	Ekire nabire										The Nebular  Cloud 

•	Amasoboza											Energy

•	Ekikuubagano								Friction

•	Okubwatuka okunene		Big Bang

•	 Emikka/ggaasi 								Gases

•	Seng’endo												Heavenly bodies or Celestial bodies

•	Enjuba 														(Emmunyenye) Obutabalika	Trillions Of  Suns (Stars)

•	Ebisinde													Galaxies

•	Ebisinde obutabalika		Trillions of Galaxies

•Enjuba																						Suns=Stars	
•Emunnyenye																		Stars=Distant Suns	

•	Enkulungo 																			Planets
•	Ebyebulungulo																	Magnetic Or Gravitational Fields
•	Ebibulungulo																		Satellites

•	Ebibulungulo by’enjuba											Solar  
Satellites, Enkulungo
•Omwezi																					Moon 
•	Ebibulungulo by’enkulungo 								Planetary Satellites

•	Ekibulungulo ky’obutonde									Natural Satellite

•	Ebibulungulo ebinonooze		 		 					Engineered (Artificial) Satellites

•	Amasoboza 																		Energy

•	Obuziba oba Atomu																 						Atoms

•	Obutoffaalikazimbakintu									The building blocks of Matter	 

•	Okutomeggana kwa kemiko							Chemical Reactions
•	 
Molekyo																					Molecule 
•	Ebipooli/ebitooli	
											Chemical Compound

•	Ebipooli eby’ekika ekya kemiko					Chemical Compounds
•	Endagakintu																			Elements

•	Ensengekera y’enjuba eya semufu			A Supernova Solar System

•	Okuweweenyuka okwetoloovu						Spinning

•	Okwenyiga ekiddamunda									Contraction

•	Okwesikira munda														Contraction

•	Empalirizo esikira  mu makkati					Centripetal Force

•	Empalirizo  eyewaggula ku makkati		Centrifugal Force

•	Ekisiisi y’enkulungo												Planetary Axis

•	Akatoffaalikazimbakintu				 				The Building Block  Of Matter

•	Ekimette /Ekintu /ekitonde							Anything, matter, substance, 

•	Olusekkati lw’enkulungo									Planetary axis

•	Ekisiisi y’Ensi																	The earth’s axis

•	Olusekkati lw’ensi 													The earth’s axis

•	Obukulungo																	Planetoids

•	Enkulungo 																			Planets/ sphere

•	Ekikulungo																			Hemisphere
•	Obwekulungirivu															Spherical  in nature

•	Ekintu ekyekulungirivu											Something spherical

•	Enkula ennetoloovu													Circle

•	Obwotoloovu																	Circumference 

•	Ekintu ekyetoloovu													Something circular

•	Yikweta																					Sun’s equator 

•	Obwebulungirivu 																				Perimeter