omukazi

Luganda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí. Cognate with Shona mukádzí (“woman; wife”), Tswana mosadi (“woman; wife”) and Chimwiini muke (“woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omukázi/

Noun

omukazi (class I, plural abakazi, base state mukazi, plural base state bakazi)

1. woman

   Coordinate terms: (gender) omusajja, (age) omuwala

References

• Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215

Nyankole

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí. Cognate with Sotho mosadi (“woman; wife”), Mwani muka (“wife”) and Xhosa -kazi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omukázi/

Noun

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

1. woman

   Coordinate terms: (gender) omushaija, (age) omwishiki

References

• Henry Francis Morris, Brian Edmond Renshaw Kirwan, A Runyankore Grammar, volume 1 (1972)
• Kaji, Shigeki (2004) A Runyankore Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 201

Tooro

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí. Cognate with 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, (age) omwisiki

Derived terms

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

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 171