"buzi" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɓu.zi/ Audio: Sw-ke-buzi.flac Forms: mabuzi [plural]
Etymology: From mbuzi (“goat”), placed in the class used for augmentatives. The sense "sugar daddy" comes from the phrase kuchuna buzi (“skin the goat”), used as slang for extracting money from a wealthy man. Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} buzi, {{sw-noun|ma}} buzi (ma class, plural mabuzi)
  1. Augmentative of mbuzi: big goat Tags: augmentative, class-5, class-6, form-of Form of: mbuzi (extra: big goat)
    Sense id: en-buzi-sw-noun-eKraFSrk
  2. (slang) sugar daddy Tags: class-5, class-6, slang
    Sense id: en-buzi-sw-noun--tE32pZ- Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 40 60

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From mbuzi (“goat”), placed in the class used for augmentatives. The sense \"sugar daddy\" comes from the phrase kuchuna buzi (“skin the goat”), used as slang for extracting money from a wealthy man.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mabuzi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "buzi",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "buzi (ma class, plural mabuzi)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "extra": "big goat",
          "word": "mbuzi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Augmentative of mbuzi: big goat"
      ],
      "id": "en-buzi-sw-noun-eKraFSrk",
      "links": [
        [
          "mbuzi",
          "mbuzi#Swahili"
        ],
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "goat",
          "goat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "augmentative",
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I tell you, keep crying / You cannot get a sugar daddy (literally, \"skin the goat\")",
          "ref": "\"Mtie Kamba Muneo\" [date unknown], Tanzania One Theatre, sung by Khadija Kopa",
          "text": "Nakuambia ulie tu / Huwezi kuchuna buzi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sugar daddy"
      ],
      "id": "en-buzi-sw-noun--tE32pZ-",
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) sugar daddy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɓu.zi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-buzi.flac",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Sw-ke-buzi.flac/Sw-ke-buzi.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buzi"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swahili lemmas",
    "Swahili ma class nouns",
    "Swahili nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mbuzi (“goat”), placed in the class used for augmentatives. The sense \"sugar daddy\" comes from the phrase kuchuna buzi (“skin the goat”), used as slang for extracting money from a wealthy man.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mabuzi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "buzi",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ma"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Swahili augmentative nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "big goat",
          "word": "mbuzi"
        }
      ],
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        "Augmentative of mbuzi: big goat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mbuzi",
          "mbuzi#Swahili"
        ],
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "goat",
          "goat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "augmentative",
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swahili slang"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I tell you, keep crying / You cannot get a sugar daddy (literally, \"skin the goat\")",
          "ref": "\"Mtie Kamba Muneo\" [date unknown], Tanzania One Theatre, sung by Khadija Kopa",
          "text": "Nakuambia ulie tu / Huwezi kuchuna buzi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sugar daddy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sugar daddy",
          "sugar daddy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) sugar daddy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɓu.zi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-buzi.flac",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Sw-ke-buzi.flac/Sw-ke-buzi.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buzi"
}

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