kaza

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kaza

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-i̧kazya. By surface analysis, -kaa (“to sit, to live”) + -za (causative).

Cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -kaza (“to put”) and Giryama -kaza (“to persist”).

verb -kaza · kukaza · kutokaza · kaza · kazeni

  1. causative Causative form of -kaa: to persist, intensify
  2. to tighten

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"kaza." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/kaza. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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kaza. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kaza

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"kaza." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kaza.

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@misc{kaza_2026,
  title = {kaza},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/kaza},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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