buzi

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buzi

/ˈɓu.zi/

Where it comes from

From mbuzi (“goat”), placed in the class used for augmentatives. The sense "sugar daddy" comes from the phrase kuchuna buzi (“skin the goat”), used as slang for extracting money from a wealthy man.

noun mabuzi

augmentative, class v augmentative of mbuzi: big goat
class v, slang sugar daddy Nakuambia ulie tu / Huwezi kuchuna buzi

In English

pimp prostitution solicitor
sugar daddy slang: older man who spends money for a relationship with a younger partner

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@misc{buzi_2026,
  title = {buzi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/buzi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}