Chewa

Chichewa kana ChiNyanja rurimi rwunotaurwa munyika dzinoti: Malawi; Zambia, Mozambique neZimbabwe. Mutauro uyu wakapararira munyika dzeSADC nokuda kwevanhu vakatamira munyika idzi vachitsvaga mabasa, vari vashandi vakabva kuMalawi neZambia.

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Mazwi Anotodzana neShona

Chichewa chine mazwi mazhinji anotodzana neChiShona nemamwe akafanana zvachose.

• Izwi rokuti fanana (to resemble; to be similar) ndiro rimwe kuChiChewa neShona.
• Izwi rokuti gombe (edge of a river or lake) ndiro rimwe kuChichewa neShona.
• Izwi rokuti imbvi (white hair) rinotaurwa mururimi rweChewa richireva imvi.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti bambo (father, master, sir), kureva baba kana tenzi.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti mpini (handle of hoe or axe), kureva mupini.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chimbudzi (pit latrine), kureva chimbuzi.
• Mbali (brother or sister - same sex; same sex sibling).
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti bere (breast), kureva zamu.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti bereka (to bear; to have a child; to carry baby on back), kureva kubereka.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti boola (to pierce; drill a hole through), kureva kuboora.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti bvuma (to give consent; give assent; take up a chorus), kureva kubvuma.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti bvunda kana vunda (rotten), kureva kuwunda.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti bvundula (stir up), kureva kubvundura kana kubvondora.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti bwato (boat), kureva bwato.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chala (toe, finger), kureva chigunwe.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti taya (to lose, throw away), kureva kutaya kana kurasa. Kutayika (to e lost; lose one's way).
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti tate kana atate (father), kureva baba.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chaulere (freely given; gift), kureva chouerere.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chembere (old woman; a married woman with children), kureva chembere.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chidindo (stamp, seal or date stamp), kureva chidhindo.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chibayo (pneumonia; pleurisy), kureva mabayo.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chilombo (a dangerous animal; a wild animal), kureva chirombo.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chilimwe (the dry season), kureva chirimo.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti diso kana maso (eye; eyes), kureva ziso.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dondo (thick bush), kureva dondo.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti duwa kana maluwa (flower), kureva ruva.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dya (to eat), kureva kudya.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dzala (to be full), kureva kuzara.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dziko (country or territory of a chief), kureva nyika yaShe.
• Izwi rokuti chalalo rinoreva nyika sekuti nyika yeZimbabwe.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dzimbiri (rust; green mould on copper etc), kureva ngura.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dziwe (pool on a river), kureva dziva.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dzuro (yesterday), kureva nezuro.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dzino (tooth), kureva zino.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti dzuwa (sun), kureva zuva.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti kufika (to arrive; to reach), kureva kusvika. Kufikira (until) ndiko kuti kusvikira.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti fulatira (to turn back on), kureva kufuratira.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti fula (to forge as a blacksmith), kureva kupfura semhizha.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti fupi (short; near), kureva pfupi.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti futsa (to parboil vegetables, then dry them in the sun for future use), kureva kufusha.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti guwa (a shelf made of clay in the house), kureva huva kana chikuva.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti linganika (to be equal), kureva kuenzana.

Mamwe Mazwi

• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chikwati (wedding), kureva muchato. Zvichida zita rokuti Mukwati rinotodzana nezwi iri?
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chimanga (maize or corn), kureva chibage.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chimbala (cold left-over sadza), kureva munya kana muradzwa.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti basi (that's all; it's enough), kureva kuti zvakwana.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chepa (to be too few, to be diminished; little). Kuchepetsa (cause to be small or diminished).
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti chikondi (love), kureva rudo.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti fisi (hyena), kureva bere.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti fota (wither as flowers or leaves), kureva kuwuna.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti fotokoza (explain), kureva kutsanangura.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti fuko (people), kureva vanhu.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti gowero (boys's house or dormitory), kureva gota.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti gwero (a source, beginning of a river or stream), kureva panotangira rwizi.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti gwira (to grasp; to hold; to catch). Gwira nchito - to work.
• Vatauri veChewa vanoti Mlezi kana Leza (God), kureva Mwari.