amaizi

Gwere

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ámai̯zí/

Noun

amaizi class 6 (augmentless maizi)

1. water

References

• Lugwere Dictionary, Webonary, SIL International
• Kagaya, Ryohei (2006), A Gwere Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 100

Haya

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

amáizi class 6

1. water

References

• Ernest Rugwa Byarushengo, "Word List" in Haya Grammatical Structure (ed. Byarushengo, Duranti, & Hyman; 1977)

Nyankole

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Pronunciation

• (Bairu) IPA^(key): /amîːzi/
• (Bahima) IPA^(key): /amái̯zi/, /améi̯zi/

Noun

amaizi class 6 (plural only, augmentless maizi)

1. water

References

• Henry Francis Morris, Brian Edmond Renshaw Kirwan, A Runyankore Grammar, volume 1 (1972)
• Kaji, Shigeki (2004), A Runyankore Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages xxix–xxx, 158

Nyoro

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

amaizi class 6 (plural only, augmentless maizi)

1. water

References

• Henry Edward Maddox (1902), An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar‎^[3], William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London and Beccles, page 156
• John Beattie, The Nyoro state (1971), page 43

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amáí̯zi/
• Rhymes: -áízi
• Hyphenation: a‧mai‧zi

Noun

amaizi class 6 (plural only, augmentless maizi)

1. water

Derived terms

• otwizi (“small amount of water”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[4], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 130
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[5], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 222