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Mitauro yeBantu

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Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mime mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya.

  • Herero inoti -tenga (first one, foremost one, aboriginal). Mamwe mazwi: porutenga (firstly) kureva pamavambo. Ou-tenga (mastery, power, pre-eminence).
  • Herero inoti orutenga (beginning; first time, origin) kureva mavambo. Mamwe mazwi: orutengatenga (the very first time). Tenga (v. initiate).
  • Herero inoti otyi-tenga (important, chief matter, first thing, matter of the moment, main point). VaDigo vaboti tenga (to separate, to set aside, to dedicate for some purpose, to remove).
  • Umbundu vanoti ocitenga (n. assembly, a company, a gathering). Mamwe mazwi: tenga (v. mix) kureva kusanganisa. Zigula inoti kwedyitenga (isolate oneself).