Gikuyu

Gikuyu kana Kikuyu mutauro weChiBantu unotaurwa kuKenya.

Kikuyu haishandise mabhii anonzi: f  l  p  q  s  v  x  z, asi vanowedzera mabhii anonzi  ĩ and ũ.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

Kikuyu inoti baba ndiro rimwechete kuGikuyu neShona.
Kikuyu inoti muundu (person)  kureva munhu.
Kikuyu inoti ndaa (louse)  kureva inda.
Kikuyu inoti kindu (thing)  kureva chinhu.
Kikuyu inoti ng'ombe (cow)  kureva mombe.
Kikuyu inoti mbura (rain)  kureva mvura yekunaya.
Kikuyu inoti nyoota (thirst)  kureva nyota.
Kikuyu inoti nyama (meat) kureva nyama.
Kikuyu inoti nyina (his/her mother)  kureva iAmai vake.
Kikuyu inoti kikokora (elbow) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva gokora. 
Kikuyu inoti korima (farming) kureva kurima.
Kikuyu inoti mugunda (n. farm) kureva kurima. Mamwe mazwi: thi (n. ground) kureva pasi.
Kikuyu inoti ruara kana nduara (finger nail) kureva nzara.
Kikuyu inoti kyara kana chiara (finger) kureva munwe.
Kikuyu inoti thano (five) kureva shanu. Mamwe mazwi: mubira (n. ball) kureva bhora.
Kikuyu inoti mugeni (foreigner) kureva munhu mupara.
Kikuyu inoti kuanika (put out to dry) kureva kuyanika.
Kikuyu inoti kyura (frog) kureva datya. Mamwe mazwi: matunda (n. fruit) kureva muchero.
Kikuyu inoti kokunika (v. to encase) kureva kuputira kana kuisa muchikasha.
Kikuyu inoti kokaranga (to fry) kureva kukaringa.
Kikuyu inoti mboyi (fox). Kune rwiyo runoti Mboi, mboi bereka - bereka mbudzi dzawanda. Dzanyanya kuwanda - pfunya rusero chirara, goo.o
Kikuyu inoti murimi (farmer, gardener). Mamwe mazwi: eru (n. white) kureva chena.
Kikuyu inoti kochiara (give birth to). Mamwe mazwi: iru (n. black) kureva nhema.
Kikuyu inoti -nene kana -kuru (great, grand).
Kikuyu inoti onene (greatness). Mamwe mazwi: marangi (n. colours) kureva mavara.
Kikuyu inoti gwoko kana moko (hand).
Kikuyu inoti murugamiri (foreman, headman).
Kikuyu inoti mbara (hostilities). Mamwe mazwi: muari (n. daughter) kureva mukunda.
Kikuyu inoti kyura (frog) kureva datya.
Kikuyu inoti nyumba (house) kureva imba.
Kikuyu inoti mundu (person) kureva munhu.
Kikuyu inoti muromo (gate, ingress) kureva mukova.
Kikuyu inoti muchiri (judge) kureva jaji.
Kikuyu inoti kochira (to judge) kureva kutonga.
Kikuyu inoti kotheka (to laugh) kureva kuseka.
Kikuyu inoti makwatano (league, coalition, alliance) kureva chikwata.
Kikuyu inoti ndaa (lice) kureva inda. Mamwe mazwi: ruoya (n. feather) kureva munhenga.
Kikuyu inoti maguta (fat, grease) kureva mafuta.

Mamwe Mazwi

Kikuyu inoti mbiro (soot) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva chin'ayi. 
Kikuyu inoti koora (little frog) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva kadatya. Kune zita rinonzi Kakora?
Kikuyu inoti kira (cross-over) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva kuyambukira. 
Kikuyu inoti marigu (bananas) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva mabhanana. Kune zita rinonzi Mariga?
Kikuyu inoti rowa kana njowa (goatskin). Mamwe mazwi: mirongo (n. a set of ten).
Kikuyu inoti Ngai kana Makai (God) kureva Mwari. Mamwe mazwi: mugwanja (n. seven) kureva nomwe.
Kikuyu inoti Ngai kiyahudi (Jehovah) kureva Mwari wemaJudha.
Kikuyu inoti muoyo (life) kureva hupenyu. Mamwe mazwi: tune; ndune (n. red) kureva tsvuku.
Kikuyu inoti rangi tiri (n. brown colour; colour of soil) kureva brauni.

https://archive.org/details/englishkikuyuvo00mcgrgoog/page/n12
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED265733

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