amazzi

Luganda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

amazzi (class V, plural only, base state mazzi)

  1. water
    Omwana anywa amazzi buli lunaku. ― The child drinks water every day.
    Buli ku makya nnaaba amaaso n’amazzi. ― Every morning I wash my face with water.
  2. (colloquial, metonymic, euphemistic) liquor, in particular beer
    Yakombye amazzi. ― He drank a lot of beer. (literally, “He lapped up water.”)

References

  • Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 202
  • Kamoga, Frederick Katabazi, Stevick, Earl W. (1968) Luganda: Basic Course, page 303
  • Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 330
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