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Mitauro yeAfrika chinjirudza

Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mime mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Pane tarisiro yekuti mamwe mazwi emitauro yeBantu anotodzana.


  • Baila vanoti ku chinga (to meet). Bemba inoti cinga (v. come between) kureva kuchinga.
  • VaDigo vanoti chinga (to cup your hands, to place a container to be filled with a liquid) kureva kuchingiridza.
  • VaMambwe vanoti -cinga (to screen, protect, shelter, shade, come between) vachireva kudzivira.
  • Mambwe inoti -cinganya (to lay across, crosswise) kureva kuchingama. Giryama inoti kukiinganya (to place across - e.g. a path) kureva kuchinga.
  • VaLenje vanoti chinga (kill by cutting throat) kureva kuuraya zvekucheka mutsipa.
  • VaTiriki vanoti khushinga (v. interpose, to get in the way, place a cup for collecting fluid). Mamwe mazwi: khushinga (v. obstruct, to get in one's light, to dam water, to keep a matter quiet).
  • Kimbundu vanoti jinga kana jinge (always, ever; at all times; evermore). Mamwe mazwi: kujinga (strolls, surrounds, whirlpools).