omuziiki

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Tooro

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Etymology

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From omu- (class 1 prefix) +‎ -ziik- (to bury) +‎ -i (agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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omuziiki class 1 (plural abaziiki class 2, augmentless muziiki, plural augmentless baziiki)

  1. burier, one who buries
  2. (strictly) grave digger, one who digs a grave for a dead person
  3. (by extension) funeralgoer, one who attends a funeral

References

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  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[1], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 266