Gikuyu kana Kikuyu mutauro weChiBantu unotaurwa kuKenya.

  • Kikuyu haishandise mabhii anonzi: f l p q s v x z, asi vanowedzera mabhii anonzi ĩ and ũ.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

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  • Kikuyu inoti baba ndiro rimwechete kuGikuyu neShona.
  • Kikuyu inoti muundu (person) kureva munhu.
  • Kikuyu inoti ndaa (louse) kureva inda.
  • Kikuyu inoti kindu (thing) kureva chinhu.
  • Kikuyu inoti ng'ombe (cow) kureva mombe.
  • Kikuyu inoti mbura (rain) kureva mvura yekunaya.
  • Kikuyu inoti nyoota (thirst) kureva nyota.
  • Kikuyu inoti nyama (meat) kureva nyama.
  • Kikuyu inoti nyina (his/her mother) kureva iAmai vake.
  • Kikuyu inoti kikokora (elbow) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva gokora.
  • Kikuyu inoti korima (farming) kureva kurima.
  • Kikuyu inoti mugunda (n. farm) kureva kurima. Mamwe mazwi: thi (n. ground) kureva pasi.
  • Kikuyu inoti ruara kana nduara (finger nail) kureva nzara.
  • Kikuyu inoti kyara kana chiara (finger) kureva munwe.
  • Kikuyu inoti thano (five) kureva shanu. Mamwe mazwi: mubira (n. ball) kureva bhora.
  • Kikuyu inoti mugeni (foreigner) kureva munhu mupara.
  • Kikuyu inoti kuanika (put out to dry) kureva kuyanika.
  • Kikuyu inoti kyura (frog) kureva datya. Mamwe mazwi: matunda (n. fruit) kureva muchero.
  • Kikuyu inoti kokunika (v. to encase) kureva kuputira kana kuisa muchikasha.
  • Kikuyu inoti kokaranga (to fry) kureva kukaringa.
  • Kikuyu inoti mboyi (fox). Kune rwiyo runoti Mboi, mboi bereka - bereka mbudzi dzawanda. Dzanyanya kuwanda - pfunya rusero chirara, goo.o
  • Kikuyu inoti murimi (farmer, gardener). Mamwe mazwi: eru (n. white) kureva chena.
  • Kikuyu inoti kochiara (give birth to). Mamwe mazwi: iru (n. black) kureva nhema.
  • Kikuyu inoti -nene kana -kuru (great, grand).
  • Kikuyu inoti onene (greatness). Mamwe mazwi: marangi (n. colours) kureva mavara.
  • Kikuyu inoti gwoko kana moko (hand).
  • Kikuyu inoti murugamiri (foreman, headman).
  • Kikuyu inoti mbara (hostilities). Mamwe mazwi: muari (n. daughter) kureva mukunda.
  • Kikuyu inoti kyura (frog) kureva datya.
  • Kikuyu inoti nyumba (house) kureva imba.
  • Kikuyu inoti mundu (person) kureva munhu.
  • Kikuyu inoti muromo (gate, ingress) kureva mukova.
  • Kikuyu inoti muchiri (judge) kureva jaji.
  • Kikuyu inoti kochira (to judge) kureva kutonga.
  • Kikuyu inoti kotheka (to laugh) kureva kuseka.
  • Kikuyu inoti makwatano (league, coalition, alliance) kureva chikwata.
  • Kikuyu inoti ndaa (lice) kureva inda. Mamwe mazwi: ruoya (n. feather) kureva munhenga.
  • Kikuyu inoti maguta (fat, grease) kureva mafuta.

Mamwe Mazwi

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  • Kikuyu inoti mbiro (soot) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva chin'ayi.
  • Kikuyu inoti koora (little frog) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva kadatya. Kune zita rinonzi Kakora?
  • Kikuyu inoti kira (cross-over) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva kuyambukira.
  • Kikuyu inoti marigu (bananas) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva mabhanana. Kune zita rinonzi Mariga?
  • Kikuyu inoti rowa kana njowa (goatskin). Mamwe mazwi: mirongo (n. a set of ten).
  • Kikuyu inoti Ngai kana Makai (God) kureva Mwari. Mamwe mazwi: mugwanja (n. seven) kureva nomwe.
  • Kikuyu inoti Ngai kiyahudi (Jehovah) kureva Mwari wemaJudha.
  • Kikuyu inoti muoyo (life) kureva hupenyu. Mamwe mazwi: tune; ndune (n. red) kureva tsvuku.
  • Kikuyu inoti rangi tiri (n. brown colour; colour of soil) kureva brauni.

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  1. https://archive.org/details/englishkikuyuvo00mcgrgoog/page/n12
  2. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED265733