Chitaita
(runangakatsva kubva kuKidawida)
Chitaita kana Kidawida mutauro unowanikwa kuKenya unotaurwa nevanhu verudzi rweTaita.
Mazwi Anotodza Shona
chinjirudza| chiNgezi | chiTaita | chiShona |
|---|---|---|
| fire | moto | moto |
| to dry | kuomesa | kuomesa |
| to put out to dry | kuanika | kuanika |
| to fall | kugemuka | kugemuka |
| saliva, spittle | mate | mate |
| absorb, drink | kunwa | kunwa |
| snake | nyoka | nyoka |
| drum | ngoma | ngoma |
| tribe; nation | mbari | rudzi kana dzinza |
| employment, work | kazi | basa |
| encampment | chengo | chidziro |
| excrement | mavi | dhodhi, duzvi, ndove, tsvina |
| extra | mbale | ndaudzo |
| feeder | mlisa | mudyisi |
| work of feeding | elisa | dyisa/dlisa |
| eye-brow | kikunya | tsiye dzepamhanza |
| eyelashes | ngoi | tsiye dzepamaziso |
| to gain, to profit | kupata | (gain, profit) |
| gain, advantage | mbambara | (advantage) |
| finger | chala | munwe, chara |
| to flame | kuwaka | kubaka, kuririma moto |
| to create | kuumba | kusika kana kuumba |
| to defend, to guard | kulinda | kurinda |
| watchman; guardian | mlindiri | murindiri |
| elephant | njovu | nzou |
| flour | unga | fulawa, upfu |
| food | chakulya | chokudya |
| to ford | kuambuka | kuyambuka |
| ford (noun) | kiambo | zambuko |
| rice | mpunga | mupunga |
| God | Mlungu | Mwari |
| goods | mali | nhumbi |
| grit, gravel | sangalawe | tsangarahwe kana rukangarahwe |
| to guess | kusaka | kufembera |
| porcupine | sasa | nungu |
| righteousness | hachi | hutsvene |
| war | uta | hondo ((pachiShona 'uta' zvombo zvekuvhimisa, zvinohi 'bow' pachiNgezi; "uto" murwi we hondo) |
| abscess | kilonda | chironda, mota |
| to adulterate, to dilute | kurunganya | kutuvidza |
| angle, corner | mbembe | mugwava, nzve |
| Ape, baboon | fue | gudo, bveni |
| apostle, ambassador | mtumi | nhume |
| arm | mkono | ruwoko, muoko |
| under part of arm | tsikila | divi rezasi reruwoko |
| arrive, arrival | kufika | kusvika |
| bedding | mtandiko | magumbeze |
| bed | ulili | mubhedha, bonde |
| to boil | kuteleka | kufashaidza |
| box | kasha | chikasha |
| branch | mbandi kana mbasha | bazi |
| table | meza (likely from Portuguese mesa) | tafura (from Afrikaans tafel) |