Chitumbuka

(runangakatsva kubva kuVaTumbuka)

Tumbuka kana Chitumbuka rurimi runotaurwa kuMalawi.

Mazwi anotodza Shona

chinjirudza
  • VaTumbuka vanoti matenda (diseases) kureva zvirwere.
  • Tumbuka inoti ng'anga (witch doctor) kureva n'anga.
  • Tumbuka inoti mphasa (mat) kureva rupasa.
  • Tumbuka inoti kulya (to eat) kureva kudya. Mamwe mazwi: kufwa (to die) kureva kufa.
  • Tumbuka inoti nena (to say) kureva kureva.
  • Tumbuka inoti dula (expensive) kureva kudhura.
  • Tumbuka inoti chiwisi (fresh) kureva mbishi.
  • Tumbuka inoti chiwema (good). Mamwe mazwi: chikulu (big).
  • Tumbuka inoti chaka (year) kureva gore.
  • Tumbuka inoti mvula (rain) kureva kunaya kwemvura.
  • Tumbuka inoti kusuka (to wash) kureva kusuka.
  • Tumbuka inoti kwamba (to start) kureva kuvamba. Mamwe mazwi: kujula (to open) kureva kuvhura.
  • Tumbuka inoti kujala (to close) kureva kuvhara.
  • Tumbuka inoti kuphika (to cook) kureva kubika.
  • Izwi rokuti kugeza (to bathe) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
  • Tumbuka inoti kuphala (to tell) kureva kuudza. Mamwe mazwi: kuphalira (to explain) kureva kutsanangura.
  • Tumbuka inoti kwenda (to walk) kureva kufamba.
  • Tumbuka inoti kuchenjera (to be careful) kureva kuchenjera.
  • Tumbuka inoti kutola (to take) kureva kutora. Mamwe mazwi: kutaya (to lose) kureva kurasa.
  • Izwi rokuti nyama (meat) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
  • Tumbuka inoti kulota (to dream) kureva kurota.
  • Izwi rokuti kuwa (to fall) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
  • Tumbuka inoti kuvina (to dance) kureva kudzana. Mamwe mazwi: kulemba (to write) kureva kunyora.
  • Tumbuka inoti kulwala (to be sick) kureva kurwara.
  • Tumbuka inoti kuwona (to see) kureva kuwona.
  • Tumbuka inoti kuwonekera (to be visible) kureva kuwonekera.
  • Tumbuka inoti ngozi (accident) kureva tsaona.
  • Izwi rokuti ndege (aeroplane) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
  • Izwi rokuti chimbuzi (toilet) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
  • Tumbuka inoti ndopa (blood) kureva ropa.
  • Tumbuka inoti chiwangwa (bone) kureva bvupa. Ko Chiyangwa?
  • Tumbuka inoti nkhuku (chicken) kureva huku.
  • Izwi rokuti ngoma (drum) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
  • Tumbuka inoti jiso (eye) kureva ziso. Mamwe mazwi: chisho (face) kureva chiso.
  • Tumbuka inoti mulimi (farmer) kureva murimi.
  • Tumbuka inoti chalo (country; field) kureva nyika.
  • Tumbuka inoti ufu (flour) kureva hupfu.
  • Tumbuka inoti mbuzi (goat) kureva mbudzi.
  • Tumbuka inoti dowe (green maize) kureva chibage chinyoro.
  • Tumbuka inoti shawa (groundnuts) kureva nzungu.
  • Tumbuka inoti mutu (head) kureva musoro. Mamwe mazwi: mtima (heart) kureva mwoyo.
  • Tumbuka inoti nyanja (lake) kureva nyanza.
  • Tumbuka inoti mutondori (lizard) kureva dzvinyu.
  • Tumbuka inoti mtunda kana phiri (hill) kureva chikomo.
  • Tumbuka inoti nyumba (house) kureva imba.
  • Tumbuka inoti nkhalamu (lion) kureva shumba.
  • Tumbuka inoti kumazere (left hand) kureva kuruboshwe kana runzere.
  • Tumbuka inoti usiku (night) kureva husiku.
  • Tumbuka inoti mtengo (price) kureva mutengo.
  • Tumbuka inoti mpunga (rice) kureva mupunga.
  • Tumbuka inoti mchenga (sand) kureva jecha.
  • Tumbuka inoti njoka (snake) kureva nyoka.
  • Tumbuka inoti zuwa (sun) kureva zuva. Mamwe mazwi: nyenyezi (stars) kureva nyenyedzi.
  • Tumbuka inoti masozi (tears) kureva musodzi. Mamwe mazwi: maji (water) kureva mvura.
  • Tumbuka inoti mlendo (visitor) kureva mweni.
  • Tumbuka inoti chitsime (well) kureva tsime.
  • Tumbuka inoti munung'una (younger brother) kureva munin'ina kana munun'una.

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  1. http://malawinetwork.org/chitumbuka-vocabulary.pdf