English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

kazi (plural kazis)

  1. (historical) Alternative form of Kazi

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

kazi (plural kazis)

  1. Alternative form of khazi (toilet)

Anagrams edit

Karelian edit

Regional variants of kazi
North Karelian
(Viena)
kasi
South Karelian
(Tver)
kazi

Etymology edit

From an East Slavic language. Cognates include dialectal Finnish kasi and Veps kaži.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑzʲi/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧zi

Noun edit

kazi (genitive kazin, partitive kazie, diminutive kazine)

  1. (South Karelian) cat

Declension edit

Tver Karelian declension of kazi (type 2/risti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kazi kazit
genitive kazin kaziloin
partitive kazie kaziloida
illative kazih kaziloih
inessive kazissa kaziloissa
elative kazista kaziloista
adessive kazilla kaziloilla
ablative kazilda kaziloilda
translative kaziksi kaziloiksi
essive kazina kaziloina
comitative kazinke kaziloinke
abessive kazitta kaziloitta
Possessive forms of kazi
1st person kazini
2nd person kazis
3rd person kazih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms edit

  • kišša (North Karelian or dialectal)

References edit

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994), “kazi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Mwani edit

Noun edit

kazi class 9 (plural kazi)

  1. work, business
  2. job, occupation

Swahili edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *cad-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.zi/
  • (file)

Noun edit

kazi (n class, plural kazi)

  1. work, business
  2. job, occupation

Derived terms edit

Yeyi edit

Noun edit

kazi

  1. woman

References edit

  • Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)