The Subject is ki- (mfumu-a-evata), and to this the Verb accords kinkatwilu ; but the Adjectival Phrase, a evata, agrees with its own Noun, mfumu, making mfumu a evata, chief of the town; to this idea the Abstract Prefix ki- is added, which thereupon implies the chieftainship-of-the-town [(chiefof-the- town)-ship].