Kibena

Kibena mutauro unowanikwa kuchamhembe kweTanzania.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

Izwi rokuti mwana kana mwaana (child) ndiro rimwe kuKibena neShona.
VaBena vanoti dzenga (build) kureva kuvaka. Madziro emba anonzi chengo.
VaBena vanoti genda (walk) kureva kuenda kana kufamba.
VaBena vanoti lidembwe (elephant) kureva nzou.
VaBena vanoti fiala (fingers) kureva zvara.
VaBena vanoti ota (bask) kureva kugota.
VaBena vanoti dada (father) kureva baba.
VaBena vanoti lubali (side) kureva divi.
VaBena vanoti umuunu (person) kureva munhu.
VaBena vanoti umugunda (field) kureva munda.
VaBena vanoti madzebele kana matsebele (maize) kureva chibere.
VaBena vanoti vangu (my, mine) kureva vangu.
VaBena vanoti hugona (to sleep) kureva kukotsira. VaChewa vanoti kugona kureva kukotsira.
VaBena vanoti hugwa (to fall) kureva kuwa.
VaBena vanoti hugwisana (to trip each other) kureva kuwisana.
VaBena vanoti wuwumbi (pottery) kureva zviumbwa.
VaBena vanoti hufwa (death) kureva kufa.
VaBena vanoti hupya (burning) kureva kutsva.
VaBena vanoti humela (to grow) kureva kumera.
VaBena vanoti huwona (to see) kureva kuona.
VaBena vanoti hukula (to grow) kureva kukura.
VaBena vanoti hoogopa (to be afraid) kureva kugopa.
VaBena vanoti ndipunguliile kureva ndipungurire.
VaBena vanoti hutowa (to be hit) kureva kurohwa.
VaBena vanoti ndiilo (basket) kureva bhasiketi. Ndiro mudziyo kuShona.
VaBena vanoti mukoga (river) kureva rukova.
VaBena vanoti mweedzi (month) kureva mwedzi.
VaBena vanoti mutaanda (six) kureva tanhatu.
VaBena vanoti imipya (new) kureva mitsva.
VaBena vanoti paambele (later) kureva pamberi.
VaBena vanoti mbwa (dog) kureva imbwa.
VaBena vanoti viinu (things) kureva zvinhu.
VaBena vanoti pamukoga (at the river) kureva parukova.
VaBena vanoti yahwe (his/her) kureva yake.
VaBena vanoti moja (one) kureva rimwe.
VaBena vanoti ndege (airplane) kureva ndege.
VaBena vanoti dada (sister).
VaBena vanoti kaasi (work) kureva basa.

Mamwe Mazwi

VaBena vanoti mugavi (creator) kureva musiki.
VaBena vanoti lukandzi (wall) kureva madziro. VaSwahili vanoti ukuta.
VaBena vanoti sihu (day) kureva musi. VaSwahili vanoti siku.
VaBena vanoti mesa (table) kureva tafura. VaSwahili vanoti meza.
VaBena vanoti ligodolo (madras - type of cotton fabric, an alcoholic beverage). VaSwahili vanoti godoro.
VaBena vanoti mlango (door of wood) kureva gonhi.
VaBena vanoti malimo (work, cultivation) kureva murimo.

https://www.academia.edu/11057715/Imbrication_in_Bena
https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/70359/MorrisonM.pdf;sequence=1

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