tuza

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tozan (“gopher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuθa/ [ˈt̪u.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtusa/ [ˈt̪u.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -usa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: tu‧za
• Homophone: (Latin America) tusa

Noun

tuza f (plural tuzas)

1. (Mexico) gopher

   Synonym: taltuza

Noun

tuza f (plural tuzas)

1. female equivalent of tuzo

Further reading

• “tuza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-tuza (infinitive kutuza)

1. to award

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tuza
Positive present -natuza Subjunctive -tuze Negative -tuzi Imperative singular tuza
Infinitives
Positive kutuza Negative kutotuza
Imperatives
Singular tuza Plural tuzeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutuza Positive past positive subject concord + -lituza Negative past negative subject concord + -kutuza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natuza) Singular Plural 1st person ninatuza/natuza tunatuza 2nd person unatuza mnatuza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatuza wanatuza other classes positive subject concord + -natuza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tuzi) Singular Plural 1st person situzi hatutuzi 2nd person hutuzi hamtuzi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatuzi hawatuzi other classes negative subject concord + -tuzi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatuza Negative future negative subject concord + -tatuza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tuze) Singular Plural 1st person nituze tutuze 2nd person utuze mtuze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atuze watuze other classes positive subject concord + -tuze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -situze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetuza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetuza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalituza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalituza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atuza) Singular Plural 1st person natuza twatuza 2nd person watuza mwatuza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atuza watuza m-mi(III/IV) watuza yatuza ji-ma(V/VI) latuza yatuza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatuza vyatuza n(IX/X) yatuza zatuza u(XI) watuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatuza pa(XVI) patuza mu(XVIII) mwatuza
Perfect positive subject concord + -metuza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatuza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatuza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kituza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotuza Consecutive katuza / positive subject concord + -katuza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katuze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nituza -tutuza 2nd person -kutuza -watuza/-kutuzeni/-watuzeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtuza -watuza m-mi(III/IV) -utuza -ituza ji-ma(V/VI) -lituza -yatuza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kituza -vituza n(IX/X) -ituza -zituza u(XI) -utuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutuza pa(XVI) -patuza mu(XVIII) -mutuza Reflexive -jituza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tuza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tuzaye -tuzao m-mi(III/IV) -tuzao -tuzayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tuzalo -tuzayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tuzacho -tuzavyo n(IX/X) -tuzayo -tuzazo u(XI) -tuzao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tuzako pa(XVI) -tuzapo mu(XVIII) -tuzamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tuza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetuza -otuza m-mi(III/IV) -otuza -yotuza ji-ma(V/VI) -lotuza -yotuza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotuza -vyotuza n(IX/X) -yotuza -zotuza u(XI) -otuza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotuza pa(XVI) -potuza mu(XVIII) -motuza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • tuzo (“award, reward, prize”)

Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

tuza

1. eel

Hyponyms

• (paddy eel): fraq

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈza/
• Hyphenation: tu‧za

Noun

tuza

1. dative singular of tuz