omukazi
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Luganda[edit]
Noun[edit]
omukazi (class 1, plural abakazi)
Nyankole[edit]
Noun[edit]
omukazi (plural abakazi)
References[edit]
- Henry Francis Morris, Brian Edmond Renshaw Kirwan, A Runyankore Grammar, volume 1 (1972)
Tooro[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí. Cognate with Luganda omukazi (“woman”), Chichewa mkázi (“woman”), Herero omukazendu (“woman”) and Swahili mke (“wife”). Doublet of -kati (feminine suffix) and muka (“wife of”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
omukazi class 1 (plural abakazi class 2, augmentless mukazi, plural augmentless bakazi)
- woman (adult female human)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- ekikazi (“giant woman, bad woman; female animal”)
- akakazi (“small woman”)
- obukazi (“womanliness”)
- ikazi (“femininity”)