zuzu

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Noun

zuzu (ma class, plural mazuzu)

imbecile, fool, idiot, simpleton

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *susu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zuzu/

Noun

zuzu

breast

Further reading

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *susu
Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

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