Chichewa
(runangakatsva kubva kuVaChewa)
Chichewa kana Chinyanja rurimi rwunotaurwa munyika dzinoti: Malawi; Zambia, Mazambuko neZimbabwe. Mutauro uyu wakapararira munyika dzeSADC nokuda kwevanhu vakatamira munyika idzi vachitsvaga mabasa, vari vashandi vakabva kuMalawi neZambia.
Mazwi Anotodzana neShona
[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]Chichewa chine mazwi mazhinji anotodzana neChiShona nemamwe akafanana zvachose.
| Chichewa | Chishona | Tsananguro |
|---|---|---|
| fanana | fanana | |
| gombe | gombe | kureva mucheto we rwizi kana nyanza |
| imbvi | imvi | |
| bambo | baba, tate, bambo [Chindau] | |
| mpini | mupini | |
| chimbudzi, chimbwaya | chimbuzi | |
| Mbale | mubare | kureva hanzvadzi rebare rimwechete nerako |
| bereka | bereka | |
| boola | kuboora | |
| vuma | bvuma | rinataugwa sokuti vhuma paChivantu |
- Chewa inoti bere(pronounced, vere) (breast), kureva zamu.
- Chewa inoti bvunda kana vunda (rotten), kureva kuwunda.
- Chewa inoti vundula (stir up), kureva kubvundura kana kubvondora.
- Chewa inoti bwato (boat), kureva bwato.
- Chewa inoti chala (toe, finger), kureva chigunwe.
- Chewa inoti taya (to lose, throw away), kureva kutaya kana kurasa. Kutayika (to e lost; lose one's way).
- Chewa inoti tate kana atate (father), kureva baba.
- Chewa inoti chaulere (freely given; gift), kureva chouerere.
- Chewa inoti chembere (old woman; a married woman with children), kureva chembere.
- Chewa inoti chidindo (stamp, seal or date stamp), kureva chidhindo.
- Chewa inoti chibayo (pneumonia; pleurisy), kureva mabayo.
- Chewa inoti chilombo (a dangerous animal; a wild animal), kureva chirombo.
- Chewa inoti chilimwe (the dry season), kureva chirimo.
- Chewa inoti diso kana maso (eye; eyes), kureva ziso.
- Chewa inoti dondo (thick bush), kureva dondo.
- Chewa inoti duwa kana maluwa (flower), kureva ruva.
- Chewa inoti dya (to eat), kureva kudya.
- Chewa inoti dzala (to be full), kureva kuzara.
- Chewa inoti dziko (country or territory of a chief), kureva nyika yaShe.
- Izwi rokuti chalalo rinoreva nyika sekuti nyika yeZimbabwe.
- Chewa inoti dzimbiri (rust; green mould on copper etc), kureva ngura.
- Chewa inoti dziwe (pool on a river), kureva dziva.
- Chewa inoti zuro (yesterday), kureva nezuro.
- Chewa inoti dzino(meno) (tooth), kureva zino.
- Chewa inoti dzuwa (sun), kureva zuva.
- Chewa inoti kufika (to arrive; to reach), kureva kusvika. Kufikira (until) ndiko kuti kusvikira.
- Chewa inoti fulatira (to turn back on), kureva kufuratira.
- Chewa inoti fula (to forge as a blacksmith), kureva kupfura semhizha.
- Chewa inoti fupi (short; near), kureva pfupi.
- Chewa inoti futsa(mufutse) (to parboil vegetables, then dry them in the sun for future use), kureva kufusha.
- Chewa inoti guwa (a shelf made of clay in the house), kureva huva kana chikuva.
- Chewa inoti linganika (to be equal), kureva kuenzana.
Mamwe Mazwi
[chinjirudza | chinjirudza mabviro]- Chewa inoti chikwati (wedding), kureva muchato. Zvichida zita rokuti Mukwati rinotodzana nezwi iri?
- Chewa inoti chimanga (maize or corn), kureva chibage.
- Chewa inoti chimbala (cold left-over sadza), kureva munya kana muradzwa.
- Chewa inoti basi (that's all; it's enough), kureva kuti zvakwana.
- Chewa inoti chepa (to be too few, to be diminished; little). Kuchepetsa (cause to be small or diminished).
- Chewa inoti chikondi (love), kureva rudo.
- Chewa inoti fisi (hyena), kureva bere.
- Chewa inoti fota (wither as flowers or leaves), kureva kuwuna.
- Chewa inoti fotokoza (explain), kureva kutsanangura.
- Chewa inoti fuko (people), kureva vanhu.
- Chewa inoti gowero (boys's house or dormitory), kureva gota.
- Chewa inoti gwero (a source, beginning of a river or stream), kureva panotangira rwizi.
- Chewa inoti gwira (to grasp; to hold; to catch). Gwira nchito - to work.
- Chewa inoti Mlezi kana Leza (God), kureva Mwari.[1][2]