umusozi

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

Borrowed from an extinct Sog Eastern Sudanic language; Compare Proto-Kuliak *sog- (“hill, stone”).

Noun

umusozi class 3 (plural imisozi class 4)

1. mountain

References

• Schoenbrun, David (1993), “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31