Jump to content

kazi

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

kazi (plural kazis)

  1. (historical) Alternative form of Kazi.

Etymology 2

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

kazi (plural kazis)

  1. Alternative form of khazi (toilet).

Anagrams

[edit]

Hungarian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Clipping and -i diminutive of kazetta (cassette).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

[edit]

kazi (plural kazik)

  1. (informal) cassette (small flat case containing magnetic tape)

Declension

[edit]
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

[edit]
Regional variants of kazi
North Karelian
(Viena)
kasi
South Karelian
(Tver)
kazi

Etymology

[edit]

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

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑzʲi/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧zi

Noun

[edit]

kazi (genitive kazin, partitive kazie, diminutive kazine)

  1. (South Karelian) cat

Declension

[edit]
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
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

[edit]
  • kišša (North Karelian or dialectal)

References

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

Mwani

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

kazi class 9 (plural kazi)

  1. work, business
  2. job, occupation

Swahili

[edit]
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Etymology

[edit]

From Proto-Bantu *cad-.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.zi/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

[edit]

kazi class IX (plural kazi class X)

  1. work, business
  2. job, occupation

Derived terms

[edit]

Yeyi

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

kazi

  1. woman

References

[edit]
  • Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)