
1he compound word constmction using the productive root 'mwana-' is rather poorlyrepresented in KKS There are many more common constructions, such as:mwanakijijilwanavijiji (192), mwanakisole (37), mwanakisomo (37), mwanakamati (24),mwanasiasa (49), mwanamichezo (21), mwanajeshi (18), mwanandege (16), mwanariadha(16), mwanamuziki (13), mwanakwaya (11), mwanakwetu (10), mwanamgambo (10),mwanasheria (10), mwanavijiji (10) mwanasayansi (7), mwanataaluma (7) Other lesscommonly occuning constructions are: mwanaelimu, mwanafalsafa, mwanafasihi,mwanahalmashauri, mwanaharamu, mwanahistmia, mwanaisimu, mwanakikundi,mwanalugha, mwanamapokeo, mwanamji, mwanamwari, mwanasaikolojia, mwanaserere 7 The noun class 3/4 (m/mi) is represented in the list by e g the following examples:mwongozo (61), mkakati (50), mpangilio (49), mwelekeo (46), mvutano (39), msukumo (38),mshikamano (33), msisitizo (30), mswada (27), michuano (26), mwamko (12), mkanganyo(10) 8 There are some more rather common words, not belonging to any of the abovecategories, which deserve to be mentioned here Such are: maalum (205), maarufu (145),mojawapo (81), haramu (75), mwishowe (66), polepole (45), majuzi (33), makwao (31),kamala (10), kemkem (10). Other words of this nounclass include: mfanyabiashara (73), mwakilishi (43), mfanyi (27) 6.

Aji/zi are quite frequent: mwongozi (25),mgombeaji (11), mjenzi (5), mchambuzi (4), muuzaji (4), mmilikaji (3), muigizaji, muungaji,muumbaji, mwendeshaji, mwonyeshaji, mwombolezaji, mwonqji.
