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wénze, pl. bawenze (class 9a/10a (2) : - / - (ba-) : plural from context (or informal/modern ba-), not with n-/m-)

(small local) market

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see also : zándo

7 examples (bandakisa nsambo) ...

nasombi biloko ya kolia na wenze.: I bought something to eat at the market.
Nakei na wenze koluka maputa kitoko.: I go to the market to search for a beautiful cloth.
Mama na Jean atekaka na wenze.: Jean's mum sells on the market.
mpepo ekweyi na wenze ya Simba Zigida. Epanzi wenze. Bato nyoso bakufi.: A plane fell on the Simba Zigida market. It destroyed the market. Everyone is dead.
nafandaka na kati ya wenze: I live inside the market
basi ya minene balongoli bilamba na wenze ya bandal: thick girls remove their clothes at the Bandal market
bana bakoki kotanga malamu te likolo ya makelele ya wenze mpe solo ya fulu source: Espérance-François Ngayibata Bulayumi, Mosuni: The children couldn't study well because off the noise of the small market and the smell of the dump.

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