omusaija

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

omusaija class 1 (plural abasaija class 2, augmentless musaija, plural augmentless basaija)

1. man (adult male human)

• An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar‎^[1], 1938, page 142
• An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎^[2], 1998, pages 326, 135, 142

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

• IPA^(key): /omusáí̯d͡ʒa/, [omuséí̯d͡ʒa]

omusaija class 1 (plural abasaija class 2, augmentless musaija, plural augmentless basaija)

1. man (adult male human)

   Coordinate terms: (gender) omukazi, (age) omwojo

• ekisaija (“giant man, bad man; male animal; thumb”)
• akasaija (“small man”)
• obusaija (“manliness”)
• isaija (“arrogance, high self-esteem”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 171