-kazi
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí.
Suffix edit
-kazi
- Suffix deriving words for female people from those for male people.
Derived terms edit
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí. The augmentative sense is from Khoisan influence.
Suffix edit
-kazi
- Suffix deriving words for female people from those for male people.
- Augmentative suffix, used with inanimate nouns and adjectives.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-kazi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-kazi”