The Causative

If the lasty syllable of a verb is LA, DA, GA, JA, or RA…

Syllable becomes ZA

-Lwaala (to get sick)

-lwaaza (to make sick)

-lemala (to become crippled)

-lemaza (To cripple someone)

-tegeera (To understand)

-tegeeza (To let somebody know)

-matira (To be satisfied)

-matiza (To satisfy)

-jukira (To remember)

-jukiza (To remind)

-eraliikirira (To worry)

-eraliikiriza (To make somebody)

-yimirira (To stand)

-yimiriza (To stop, make stand)

-swala (To be ashamed)

-swaza (To embarrass somebody)

-tambula (To walk)

-tambuza (To move, to make flow)

-yingira (To enter)

-yingiza (To make somebody enter)

-galamira (To lie down) (intransitive)

-galamiza (To lay something/somebody down)

-tuula (To sit)

-tuuza (To make sit/rest)

-kaabira (To cry about/for)

-kaabiza (To make somebody cry)

-kula (To grow (up))

-kuza (To raise)

-sembera (To come close)

-sembeza (To bring close)

-nnyogoga (To be cold)

-nnyogoza (To freeze)

-nyiiga (To get annoyed)

-nyiiza (To annoy somebody)

If the last syllable of a cverb is TA or KA…

This syllable becomes SA

-yita (to call/pass)

-yisa (to treat)

-kyuuka (To change (oneself))

-kyuusa (To change (something))

-ekwaka (To hide oneself)

-ekwasa (To make excuses)

-seka (To laugh)

-sesa (To cause to smile, to make laugh, to be funny)

-longoosa (To clean)

-longooseza (To cause cleaning)

If the last syllable of the verb is ZA and the last vowel of the stem is A, I, U…

final a becomes IZA.

If the last syllable of the verb is ZA, but the last vowel of the stem is E or O…

final a becomes EZA.

-lowooza (To think)

-lowoozesa (To make think)

If the last syllable of verb is BA, MA, NA, PA, or YA, the final a turns into..

isa (a,i,u) or esa (e,o)

-lwaana (To fight)

-lwaanyisa (To fight against)

-ewunya (To wonder)

-ewunyisa (To surprise)

-noonya (To search)

-noonyereza (To make research)

Emmere eno emulwaaza.

This food makes her sick.

Omusomesa amulemaza.

The teacher crippled her

Ogenda kunzijukiza?

Are you going to remind me?

Maama amuyisa bubi.

Mum treats her badly.

-genda (To go)

-egendereza (To be careful)

-yiga (To learn)

-yigiriza (To teach)

-kola (To do)

-kozesa (To use)

-mala (To end)

-maliriza (To finish off)

-wa (To give)

-weereza (To send to)

-noonya (To search)

-noonyereza (To make research)