From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀cáijà (“man”).
omusajja (class 1, plural abasajja)
- man (as opposed to being a woman)
- Antonyms: omukazi, (lady) omukyala
- omuntu (“man, as opposed to being an animal”)
- The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 15.