Nyungwe

Nyungwe kana ChiNyungwe mutauro unotaurwa kuMozambique uri rurimi rieBantu.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

• VaNyungwe vanoti mbiti (otter) kureva mbiti.
• VaNyungwe vanoti mwana (son) kureva mwanakomana.
• VaNyungwe vanoti abale (brothers) kureva vakoma.
• VaNyungwe vanoti mbwaya (dog) kureva imbwa.
• VaNyungwe vanoti kuyamba (to begin) kureva kuvamba.
• VaNyungwe vanoti munthu (person) kureva munhu.
• VaNyungwe vanoti miti (trees) kureva miti.
• VaNyungwe vanoti mubodzi (one) kureva mubodzi.
• VaNyungwe vanoti katiyo (one little chick) kureva katiyo kana kanhiyo.
• VaNyungwe vanoti uswa (grass) kureva uswa.
• VaNyungwe vanoti muyeruzi (adviser) kureva chipanga mazano.
• VaNyungwe vanoti mulimi (farmer) kureva farmer.
• VaNyungwe vanoti ulendo (travel) kureva rwendo.
• VaNyungwe vanoti mtsikana (girl) kureva musikana.
• VaNyungwe vanoti mambo (king) kureva mambo.
• VaNyungwe vanoti diso (eye) kureva ziso.
• VaNyungwe vanoti zinomwe (seven) kureva nomwe.
• VaNyungwe vanoti kufunana (too love mutually) kureva kudanana.
• VaNyungwe vanoti nyengo (time, event, occasion, period, season) kureva nguva. Sokuti: nyengo ya mainza (rainy season).
• VaNyungwe vanoti dzuwa (sun, daylight) kureva zuva.
• VaNyungwe vanoti usiku (night) kureva husiku.
• VaNyungwe vanoti macibese (morning) kureva mangwanani.
• VaNyungwe vanoti kubesera kana kubeseraka (to wake up early) kureva kumukira.
• VaNyungwe vanoti congwe (rooster) kureva jongwe.
• VaNyungwe vanoti maulo (evening) kureva mauro.
• VaNyungwe vanoti ngwe (ideophone meaning - its getting bright or light) inyaudzosingwi inodudza kuchena kwekunze.
• VaNyungwe vanoti masikati (noon) kureva masikati.
• VaNyungwe vanoti nsiku (noon) kureva masikati.
• VaNyungwe vanoti kweru (early afternnon) kureva pakuvamba kwemasikati.
• VaNyungwe vanoti kudoka (to get dark) kureva kudoka.
• VaNyungwe vanoti chidodo (twilight).
• VaNyungwe vanoti mainza (rainy season) kureva maenza.
• VaNyungwe vanoti matenda (sickness) kureva hurwere kana hutenda.
• VaNyungwe vanoti mpaka (until) kureva kudzamara.
• VaNyungwe vanoti muzinga (week) kureva vhiki.
• VaNyungwe vanoti lero' (today) kureva nhasi. Izwi iri rinotodza Chewa neSena inoti lero.
• VaNyungwe vanoti pita (to pass) kureva kupfuura.
• VaNyungwe vanoti kufika (to arrive) kureva kusvika.

Mazita eMwedzi

• Mwezi ya tsakulo (January - lit. month of hoeing).
• Mwezi ya kambzombzo (February - lit. ‘time of hunger before first harvest).
• Mwezi ya nkakata (March).
• Mwezi ya m’bvuno (April -lit. harvest).
• Mwezi ya m’phepo (May - lit. ‘cold, wind, fresh time).
• Mwezi ya zawe (June - literary freeze, frost) kureva mwedzi wachikumi.
• Mwezi ya mpepedza (July - lit. ‘wind).
• Mwezi ya chirimo (August - dry time to prepare the fields) kureva chirimo.
• Mwezi ya tsosa (September - ).
• Mwezi ya phumphuli (October - lit. ‘first rain).
• Mwezi ya m’bzwalo (November - ).
• Mwezi ya mainza (December - lit. rainy reason).