| Word form | mzee |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | old person (also term of respect) |
| Grammatical info | n 1/2 |
| Comments on word | mzee wa kiume [old.person of male.kind]; mzee wa kike [old.person of male.kind] |
| Analyzability | analyzable derived |
| Gloss | < -zaa, give birth, beget |
| Age | earlier Bantu [1] (-3000–1) |