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there's a noun conjugation called Ukubwa and Udogo, which is basically derivatives of nouns that are the "bigger and smaller versions" of the regular noun e.g. a town is m
ji (regular), a city is ji
ji (ukubwa), and a village is ki
jiji (udogo). A house is nyumba, a room is chumba, and a mansion is jumba
So Ukubwa nouns are in the Ji/Ma class while Udogo nouns are in the Ki/Vi class. This conjugation only applies to some nouns, here is an article with some more examples: http://swa.gafkosoft.com/ukubwa_na_udogo
Hope this helps! (And uwanja is a field or plot, kiwanja is on a smaller scale, like a playground)