tozo

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tóː.zóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tóː.zóː]

Noun

tōzō m (plural tōzā̀yē, possessed form tōzon)

1. hump (of an animal)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tozzo (“squat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈtoθo/ [ˈt̪o.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈtoso/ [ˈt̪o.so]
• Rhymes: -oθo
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: to‧zo

Adjective

tozo (feminine toza, masculine plural tozos, feminine plural tozas)

1. short in stature (said of a person)

Further reading

• “tozo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Swahili

Etymology

From -toza (“to charge”) +‎ -o.

Noun

tozo (ma class, plural matozo)

1. fee, tax
   • 2022, Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar: Chimbuko, Misingi na Maendeleo, Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, →ISBN:

     […] kupunguziwa tozo kutoka shilingi 2000 hadi shilingi 250 kwa lita ya maziwa […]

     […] a reduction of the fee from 2000 shillings to 250 shillings per litre of milk […]