watusi

Questions about watusi

What does watusi mean?

watusi means "a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi".

How many syllables are in watusi?

watusi has 3 syllables and divides as wa-tu-si under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for watusi?

Close synonyms include Tutsi, Watutsi. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is watusi a common word?

watusi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.