zuzu

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

zuzu (ma class, plural mazuzu)

1. imbecile, fool, idiot, simpleton

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *susu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuzu/

Noun

zuzu

1. breast

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *susu
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.