1st pers. sing. I, me. After a limited number of nouns nze becomes -ze. (b)baze, my husband, nzekka, I only, I alone, only me. nzenna, all of me.

my husband babbaffe our husbands (b)balo your husband babbammwe your husbands bbaawe her husband babbaabwe their husbands bba wa bonna. the husband of all (a title of the Kabaka).

rice, etc.)y produce fruit.

n., bba (baze, balo, bbaawe); vide omuwuuze.

mpasizza) v.tr. marry (a woman); fig. become addicted to. Kaakati omwenge baze wange gumuwasizza. My husband now is interested in nothing but beer, lit. beer has married my husband. Ensimbi zimuwasizza. He is obsessed with money.

okubala, to count; arithmetic. ng'obaze kyangungu, roughly, estimating roughly, lit. when you have counted quickly.

see ^bba.

v. tr. fasten loosely; lay out the first stages of; draft (a bill); do temporarily.

v. tr. redup. make a first attempt at; draft; do in a makeshift way.