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

• (gender): omusaija (“man”)
• (age): omwisiki (“girl”)

Derived terms

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

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 171