mzee

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili mzee.

Pronunciation

Noun

mzee (plural mzees or wazee)

  1. (East Africa) An elder (old person).
    • 2003, Ward S Just, The American Ambassador:
      ...every President since Teddy Roosevelt saw Africa in the faces of her mzees, in their English suits or tribal robes...
    • 2005, Ernest Hemingway, Robert William Lewis, Under Kilimanjaro:
      It is difficult to be both and the older mzees resent the irregularity of the position.
    • 2006, Edward I Steinhart, Black poachers, white hunters: a social history of hunting in colonial Kenya:
      ...we arranged an impromptu interview with this reluctant and less than candid local mzee, who lived near the Tsavo boundary.

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Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From -zee (“old”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˈzɛː/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

mzee class I (plural wazee class II)

  1. elder, respected old person
  2. title of respect to anyone older than oneself, including parents

Descendants

  • → English: mzee
  • → Kikuyu: mũthee
  • → Nubi: muzé
  • → Subi: omuzehe

Adjective

mzee

  1. M class inflected form of -zee.
  2. U class inflected form of -zee.
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