Huchena

Tarisafi futi peji re Muvara ne Mazita e mavara

Mavara machena

Ruva reruvara chena

Huchena (ku Chingezi: Shades of white; whiteness) kureva mavara machena.

Tsananguro

KuMashona mavara aionekwa muzvikamu zvina:

• zvitsuku (ranjisi netsvuku),
• zvitema (nhema, ungu, hute nezerere),
• zvichena (chena, pfumbu nehuroro)
• zvitsvuku futi (zvitsvukutsvuku se; kiwani, vhiore).
• Upfumbu (mhando dzeruvara pfumbu)

Mamwe Mazwi

• Jena, chichena, muchena, chakachena.
• Kupembedza
• Kupembenuka kana kupembenudza
• Kwachena kana kwayedza (dawn) zvichireva kubuda kwezuva mangwanani.

Tafura ye mabvute e mavara majena

bvute ye ruvara	Enzano	Khodhi	Chingezi
jena; chena			white
parera			pearl white
aribhasti; arabhasti; arabhasta			alabaster white
sinu; sitwa; sidwa			snow white
munyanga; mnynga			ivory white
jenero			cream white
shifoni			chiffoni
tsiki			porcelain; ciqi [Chichayina]

Mavambo e mazita

WHITE

chena; jena

PEARL WHITE

parera

ALABASTER WHITE

aribhasti; arabhasti; arabhasta

SNOW WHITE

sinu ; sidwa; sitwa

-rinobva izwi reChingezi snow = sinu; uye mazwi emitauro yeChiBantu, Chizuru = iqhwa; Chitswana/Chisoto = lehlwa. Chirozi = litwa

IVORY WHITE

mnyanga; munyanga

- rakabva ku nyanga yenzou zita rinoshandiswa kuti 'ivory', asi rinopfupiswa kunzi Munyanga.

CREAM WHITE

jenero

CHIFFON WHITE

shifoni

- kubva kuchingezi Chiffon = shifoni

PORCELAIN WHITE

tsiki

-rakabva ku Chichayina ciqi. Porcelain yakawanikwa muUmambo hweZimambwe yakabva kuChayina ne Pezhiya.

Mitauro ye ChiBantu

• VaKongo vanoti mpembe (whiteness, white, pallor) kureva huchena. VaKongo vanoti pemba (be white; get white; whiteness) kureva kuchena. VaNyoro vanoti ente orukwera (n. a white cow).
• Herero vanoti pyembaerisa (make white; make to shine). Mamwe mazwi: vapa (fair, white). Nsenga vanoti utua (n. whiteness, purity). Bavili vanoti cyenisi (v. to light up).
• Mang'anja vanoti kuera (to be white or light) kureva kuchena. Mamwe mazwi: kuyera (of whiteness, cleanliness, brightness, clearness, purity, holiness) kureva huchena.
• VaTakwane vanoti weela (v. be white). Yoweela (adj. white). VaNyakyusa vanoti unkasi umwelu, mukadzi muchena. VaLozi vanoti busweu (n. whiteness) kureva huchena.
• VaGwere vanoti bweru (1. whiteness, 2. transparency, honesty, intergrity) kureva huchena. VaGulu vanoti -jeru (white) kureva huchena. Mbunda vanoti butoka kureva huchena.
• VaNyika vanoti inzeru (white), huchena. VaMbugwe vanoti mweeru, keru kana njere (white), huchena. VaGulu vanoti numba yera (clean house), imba yakachena.

Mazwi Anotodzana

• Zvichida izwi rokuti mwedzi rinotodzana nekuti kuyera.
• Fananidzai izwi rokuti chiedza nekuti kuyedza kana kuyera. Tarisai chinyorwa chinonzi Ra pazviito achishanduka Dza.