omusajja

Luganda

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀cáijà (“man”), from an extinct Tale South Cushitic language. Ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *sayg- (“mature young man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omusáɟːá/

Noun

omusajja (class I, plural abasajja, base state musajja, plural base state basajja)

1. man (as opposed to being a woman)

   Coordinate terms: (sex) omukazi, (age) omulenzi

See also

• omuntu (“man, as opposed to being an animal”)

References

• J. D. Chesswas (1967), The Essentials of Luganda, 4th edition, Nairobi: Oxford University Press, page 15
• Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 223