kazi
English
Etymology 1
Noun
kazi (plural kazis)
- (historical) Alternative form of Kazi.
Etymology 2
Noun
kazi (plural kazis)
- Alternative form of khazi (“toilet”).
- 2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), page 183:
- “Go and clean the kazi now.”
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Clipping and -i diminutive of kazetta (“cassette”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒzi]
- Hyphenation: ka‧zi
- Rhymes: -zi
Noun
kazi (plural kazik)
- (informal) cassette (small flat case containing magnetic tape)
- 1999, Dopeman [László Pityinger], “Enyém a világ” (track 5), in Magyarország rémálma, performed by Dopeman:
- Meghallgatta a kazit, / És észrevette, hogy a stílusom nagyot szakít.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kazi | kazik |
| accusative | kazit | kazikat |
| dative | kazinak | kaziknak |
| instrumental | kazival | kazikkal |
| causal-final | kaziért | kazikért |
| translative | kazivá | kazikká |
| terminative | kaziig | kazikig |
| essive-formal | kaziként | kazikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kaziban | kazikban |
| superessive | kazin | kazikon |
| adessive | kazinál | kaziknál |
| illative | kaziba | kazikba |
| sublative | kazira | kazikra |
| allative | kazihoz | kazikhoz |
| elative | kaziból | kazikból |
| delative | kaziról | kazikról |
| ablative | kazitól | kaziktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
kazié | kaziké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
kaziéi | kazikéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | kazim | kazijaim (or kaziim) |
| 2nd person sing. | kazid | kazijaid (or kaziid) |
| 3rd person sing. | kazija | kazijai (or kazii) |
| 1st person plural | kazink | kazijaink (or kaziink) |
| 2nd person plural | kazitok | kazijaitok (or kaziitok) |
| 3rd person plural | kazijuk | kazijaik (or kaziik) |
Karelian
| North Karelian (Viena) |
kasi |
|---|---|
| South Karelian (Tver) |
kazi |
Etymology
From an East Slavic language. Cognates include dialectal Finnish kasi and Veps kaži.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑzʲi/
- Hyphenation: ka‧zi
Noun
kazi (genitive kazin, partitive kazie, diminutive kazine)
Declension
| Tver Karelian declension of kazi (type 2/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kazi | kazit | |
| genitive | kazin | kaziloin | |
| partitive | kazie | kaziloida | |
| illative | kazih | kaziloih | |
| inessive | kazissa | kaziloissa | |
| elative | kazista | kaziloista | |
| adessive | kazilla | kaziloilla | |
| ablative | kazilda | kaziloilda | |
| translative | kaziksi | kaziloiksi | |
| essive | kazina | kaziloina | |
| comitative | kazinke | kaziloinke | |
| abessive | kazitta | kaziloitta | |
| Possessive forms of kazi | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | kazini | |
| 2nd person | kazis | |
| 3rd person | kazih | |
| *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses. | ||
Synonyms
- kišša (North Karelian or dialectal)
References
- A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kazi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
Mwani
Noun
kazi class 9 (plural kazi)
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *cad-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.zi/
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
kazi class IX (plural kazi class X)
Derived terms
- -fanya kazi (“to work”)
Yeyi
Noun
kazi
References
- Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)