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) woman Coordinate terms: (sex) 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) woman Coordinate terms: (sex) omushaija, (age) omwishiki ==== Derived terms ==== ekikazi (“fat woman; badly behaved woman”) kikazi (“lady (title of address)”) eikazi (“femininity”) orukazi (“badly behaved woman”) obukazi (“womanliness; female gentalia”) === 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) woman (adult female human) Coordinate terms: (sex) 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