Catherine Mabongor - Lumasaaba Grammar

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Example:

Possessives

Possessives show ownership or belonging. A different word is used depending on whether the person belonging or the thing owned is one or more than one. Here are the possessives used in the umu/ba noun class.

Adjectives

An adjective describes a noun. An adjective must agree with the noun it describes. This is usually accomplished by adding the noun class prefix to the beginning of the adjective. Most adjectives are not self-standing and must have the noun class prefix in order to make sense. This is signified in the list below by placing a dash before the adjective root. There are some stand alone adjectives but they are usually preceded by a small word meaning with, of etc. that agrees with the noun class. Again, the prefix depends on whether the noun being described is one or more than one.

Here are some adjectives we can work with to provide examples:

-layi good

-bofu big/fat

-toro weak/lazy

-leyi tall

-lwaye sick (from the verb khulwala "to fall sick)

kamani strength (stand alone adjective but prefaced with uwe/bwe in this noun class)

bosi all (used only with plural noun)