omukazi

Luganda

Noun

omukazi (class 1, plural abakazi)

  1. woman

Nyankole

Noun

omukazi (plural abakazi)

  1. woman

References
  • Henry Francis Morris, Brian Edmond Renshaw Kirwan, A Runyankore Grammar, volume 1 (1972)

Tooro

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /omukázi/

Noun

omukazi class 1 (plural abakazi class 2, augmentless mukazi, plural augmentless bakazi)

  1. woman (adult female human)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • ekikazi (“giant woman, bad woman; female animal”)
  • akakazi (“small woman”)
  • obukazi (“womanliness”)
  • ikazi (“femininity”)

References
  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 171
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