kanzu

Borrowed from Swahili kanzu, borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

kanzu (plural kanzus)

1. A white or cream-coloured robe worn by men in the African Great Lakes region.
   • 2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 395:

     As he announced Tommy [...] he draped the barkcloth knot on top of Tommy’s kanzu.

From Proto-Finnic *kansa, from Proto-Germanic *hansō. Cognates include Karelian kanža, Finnish kansa.

kanzu

1. people, nation

• kanzalaine (“citizen”)
• kanzalližus (“citizenship”)

• kanzu in VepKar Open Corpus of Veps and Karelian Languages

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.ⁿzu/
• (Kimvita) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɑ.ⁿzu/

• Audio (Kenya):

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kanzu class IX (plural kanzu class X)

1. kanzu

• → English: kanzu
• → Malagasy: akanjo