Chitonga sezita

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Chitonga izita rinowanikwa muZimbabwe neAngola.

Mitauro yeBantu[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]

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

  • Mambwe vanoti tongama (to be high up on). Mamwe mazwi: tongamika (to raise higher).
  • Nsenga inoti chitonga (n. maize cob; ear of corn) muguri wechibage. Zigula inoti kudongana (v. to follow one another).
  • Zigula vanoti madongo (n. a caravan, a crowd; mass; assembly; company; multitude; party). Mamwe mazwi: kudonga (to go on; proceed).
  • Herero vanoti tongama kana tongamiswa (n. exalted). Mamwe mazwi: oma-tongame (ground rising high; mountain side).
  • Herero vanoti tonga (adj. distant, remote, far, high). Mamwe mazwi: tonga (v. to be high). O-ndongamo (height; at a height, far).
  • Kikuyu inoti ketonga kana itonga (n. a well-off person; a rich man). Mamwe mazwi: kotonga (to prosper). Otongi (n. prosperity).