omuziiki

Tooro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omuzíːki/

Noun

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

• 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