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

Mamwe Mazwi

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