kazi
noun
work; a job; a task.
Fanya kazi means to work.
Origins
Kazi is inherited Bantu vocabulary, traced to a Proto-Bantu root. It is not derived from fanya, “to do”; the two words are unrelated, even though they commonly pair in fanya kazi, “to do work.”
Sources3
Charles Sacleux, Grammaire des dialectes Swahilis (Paris: Procure des PP. du Saint-Esprit, 1909), PDF page 344.
Illustrates fanya kazi in a sentence about working. Historical evidence; not a survey of current Kenyan speech.
University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center, University of Kansas Kiswahili Glossary (University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center), kazi glossary rows.
Gives work, employment and job as meanings of kazi.
- kazi (Wiktionary)
Tags kazi with a Proto-Bantu root (*-cad-) and shows no derivational link to fanya.
Examples
Nina kazi nyingi leo.
I have a lot of work today.
Anatafuta kazi mpya.
She is looking for a new job.
Kazi yake ni ngumu sana.
His work is very difficult.
Tunafanya kazi pamoja.
We work together.
Je, una kazi gani?
What kind of work do you have?
Baada ya kazi, tutakwenda nyumbani.
After work, we will go home.
Kazi ya shule ni muhimu.
School work is important.
Kazi hii inahitaji umakini.
This work requires attention.
Alimaliza kazi yake mapema.
He finished his work early.
