"igizo" meaning in All languages combined

See igizo on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-igizo.flac [Kenya] Forms: maigizo [class-vi, plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ga Proto-Sabaki *-iga Swahili iga Proto-Bantu *-ɪda Proto-Bantu *-ia Proto-Bantu *-ɪdia Proto-Sabaki *-izya/*-ezya Swahili -iza Swahili -igiza Swahili -o Swahili igizo From -igiza (“to imitate, to act”) + -o. Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:af|igiza<alt:-igiza><t:to imitate, to act>|-o<id:nominal>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ga Proto-Sabaki *-iga Swahili iga Proto-Bantu *-ɪda Proto-Bantu *-ia Proto-Bantu *-ɪdia Proto-Sabaki *-izya/*-ezya Swahili -iza Swahili -igiza Swahili -o Swahili igizo [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*iga", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "iga", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-izya\/*-ezya", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-ɪda", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-ia", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*-ɪdia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-il-", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*-ila", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro", "pos" : "applicative" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*-ya", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro", "pos" : "causative" } ], "keyword_label" : "By surface analysis,", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix", "is_invisible" : "tree" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Sabaki", "term" : "*-izya", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "bnt-sab-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "-iza", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "igiza", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }, { "id" : "nominal", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "-o", "lang" : "sw" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "igizo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="igizo"> From -igiza (“to imitate, to act”) + -o. Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} igizo class V (plural maigizo class VI)
  1. act, play, drama Tags: class-v

Inflected forms

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    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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          "act#Noun"
        ],
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        ],
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        ]
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