a- (ka/bu) small house; bathroom. akayumba k'embwa, dog house, akayumba k'enkoko, chicken coop, akayumba ka penitensia, relig. confessional. Ennaku zanzimba akayumba ku mutwe. I have nothing but sorrow/trouble, lit. troubles have built a little house on my head. cf. ennyumba.

akayumba.

akayumba, akasiisira.

akayumba, akayu, akasiisira.

etc. akayumba akakyamirwamu, restroom, bathroom.

e- plur. ennyumba or amayumba (n/n or li/ma) house, eby'amayumba, housing, housing matters/problems, cf. akayumba, eriyumba (liyumba).

e- no plur. (li/ma) staying in one place, sedentariness. Yalaba ng'ettuu- lawamu limuzimbyeko akayumba. He felt that staying in one place was getting on his nerves, lit. building a little house on him.

little, next to nothing. Yazimba akayumba katono mpawekazira. He built a tiny little house. Ekiseera kyayita mpawekazira. A very short period time passed, abagoberezi mpawebazira, a very few followers (note the replacement of ka by ba).