tozo

• IPA^(key): /tóː.zóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tóː.zóː]

tōzō m (plural tōzā̀yē, possessed form tōzon)

1. hump (of an animal)

Borrowed from Italian tozzo (“squat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoθo/ [ˈt̪o.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtoso/ [ˈt̪o.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -oso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: to‧zo

tozo (feminine toza, masculine plural tozos, feminine plural tozas)

1. short in stature (said of a person)

• “tozo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From -toza (“to charge”) +‎ -o.

tozo class V (plural matozo class VI)

1. fee, tax
   • 2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:

     […] kupunguziwa tozo kutoka shilingi 2000 hadi shilingi 250 kwa lita ya maziwa […]

     […] a reduction of the fee from 2000 shillings to 250 shillings per litre of milk […]