kazi

See also: Kazi, kazí, kazı, kaži, käzi, -kazi, кази, and кажи

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kazi (plural kazis)

(historical) Alternative form of Kazi.

Etymology 2

Noun

kazi (plural kazis)

Alternative form of khazi (“toilet”).
- 2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), page 183:
  “Go and clean the kazi now.”

Anagrams

Zaki, Zika, zika

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of kazetta (“cassette”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɒzi]
Hyphenation: ka‧zi
Rhymes: -zi

Noun

kazi (plural kazik)

(informal) cassette (small flat case containing magnetic tape)
- 1999, Dopeman [László Pityinger], “Enyém a világ” (track 5), in Magyarország rémálma, performed by Dopeman:
  Meghallgatta a kazit, / És észrevette, hogy a stílusom nagyot szakít.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kazi	kazik
accusative	kazit	kazikat
dative	kazinak	kaziknak
instrumental	kazival	kazikkal
causal-final	kaziért	kazikért
translative	kazivá	kazikká
terminative	kaziig	kazikig
essive-formal	kaziként	kazikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kaziban	kazikban
superessive	kazin	kazikon
adessive	kazinál	kaziknál
illative	kaziba	kazikba
sublative	kazira	kazikra
allative	kazihoz	kazikhoz
elative	kaziból	kazikból
delative	kaziról	kazikról
ablative	kazitól	kaziktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	kazié	kaziké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kaziéi	kazikéi

Possessive forms of *kazi*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kazim	kazijaim (or kaziim)
2nd person sing.	kazid	kazijaid (or kaziid)
3rd person sing.	kazija	kazijai (or kazii)
1st person plural	kazink	kazijaink (or kaziink)
2nd person plural	kazitok	kazijaitok (or kaziitok)
3rd person plural	kazijuk	kazijaik (or kaziik)

Karelian

Regional variants of *kazi*
North Karelian (Viena)	kasi
South Karelian (Tver)	kazi

Etymology

From an East Slavic language. Cognates include dialectal Finnish kasi and Veps kaži.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑzʲi/
Hyphenation: ka‧zi

Noun

kazi (genitive kazin, partitive kazie, diminutive kazine)

(South Karelian) cat

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of kazi (type 2/risti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kazi	kazit
genitive	kazin	kaziloin
partitive	kazie	kaziloida
illative	kazih	kaziloih
inessive	kazissa	kaziloissa
elative	kazista	kaziloista
adessive	kazilla	kaziloilla
ablative	kazilda	kaziloilda
translative	kaziksi	kaziloiksi
essive	kazina	kaziloina
comitative	kazinke	kaziloinke
abessive	kazitta	kaziloitta
prolative	kazičči	kaziloičči
instructive	—	kaziloin

Possessive forms of kazi
1st person	kazini
2nd person	kazis
3rd person	kazih
^*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

kišša (North Karelian or dialectal)

References

A. V. Punzhina (1994), “kazi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Mwani

Noun

kazi class 9 (plural kazi)

work, business
job, occupation

Swahili

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kazi

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *cad-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.zi/
Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

kazi class IX (plural kazi class X)

work, business
job, occupation

Derived terms

-fanya kazi (“to work”)

Yeyi

Noun

kazi

woman

References

Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)