"-kazi" meaning in Zulu

See -kazi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí. The augmentative sense is from Khoisan influence. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*mʊ̀kádí}} Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí Head templates: {{head|zu|suffix}} -kazi
  1. Suffix deriving words for female people from those for male people. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--kazi-zu-suffix-ZyV2k88s Categories (other): Zulu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Zulu entries with incorrect language header: 61 39
  2. Augmentative suffix, used with inanimate nouns and adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--kazi-zu-suffix-njeaiILL
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mʊ̀kádí"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí. The augmentative sense is from Khoisan influence.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-kazi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix deriving words for female people from those for male people."
      ],
      "id": "en--kazi-zu-suffix-ZyV2k88s",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Augmentative suffix, used with inanimate nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en--kazi-zu-suffix-njeaiILL",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kazi"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Zulu lemmas",
    "Zulu suffixes",
    "Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mʊ̀kádí"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kádí. The augmentative sense is from Khoisan influence.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-kazi",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Suffix deriving words for female people from those for male people."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Augmentative suffix, used with inanimate nouns and adjectives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-kazi"
}

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