lend
vt 1 azima; (of money) kopesha. ~ a hand (with something) saidia, auni ~ an ear sikiliza. lending-library n maktaba ya kuazimisha (vitabu). ~ something to somebody; ~ somebody something azima/azimisha. 2 ~ something to something changia, ongeza his ideas lent expertise to the discussion mawazo yake yalichangia utaalamu kwenye mjadala his actions ~ credence to his good reputation matendo yake yanaonyesha ukweli wa sifa yake. 3 ~ oneself to something kubali, -faa it ~s itself to inafaa kwa. lender n.