Chitumbuka

Tumbuka kana Chitumbuka rurimi runotaurwa kuMalawi.

Mazwi anotodza Shona

VaTumbuka vanoti matenda (diseases) kureva zvirwere.
Tumbuka inoti ng'anga (witch doctor) kureva n'anga.
Tumbuka inoti mphasa (mat) kureva rupasa.
Tumbuka inoti kulya (to eat) kureva kudya. Mamwe mazwi: kufwa (to die) kureva kufa.
Tumbuka inoti nena (to say) kureva kureva.
Tumbuka inoti dula (expensive) kureva kudhura.
Tumbuka inoti chiwisi (fresh) kureva mbishi.
Tumbuka inoti chiwema (good). Mamwe mazwi: chikulu (big).
Tumbuka inoti chaka (year) kureva gore.
Tumbuka inoti mvula (rain) kureva kunaya kwemvura.
Tumbuka inoti kusuka (to wash) kureva kusuka.
Tumbuka inoti kwamba (to start) kureva kuvamba. Mamwe mazwi: kujula (to open) kureva kuvhura.
Tumbuka inoti kujala (to close) kureva kuvhara.
Tumbuka inoti kuphika (to cook) kureva kubika.
Izwi rokuti kugeza (to bathe) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
Tumbuka inoti kuphala (to tell) kureva kuudza. Mamwe mazwi: kuphalira (to explain) kureva kutsanangura. 
Tumbuka inoti kwenda (to walk) kureva kufamba.
Tumbuka inoti kuchenjera (to be careful) kureva kuchenjera.
Tumbuka inoti kutola (to take) kureva kutora. Mamwe mazwi: kutaya (to lose) kureva kurasa.
Izwi rokuti nyama (meat) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
Tumbuka inoti kulota (to dream) kureva kurota.
Izwi rokuti kuwa (to fall) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
Tumbuka inoti kuvina (to dance) kureva kudzana. Mamwe mazwi: kulemba (to write) kureva kunyora.
Tumbuka inoti kulwala (to be sick) kureva kurwara.
Tumbuka inoti kuwona (to see) kureva kuwona.
Tumbuka inoti kuwonekera (to be visible) kureva kuwonekera.
Tumbuka inoti ngozi (accident) kureva tsaona.
Izwi rokuti ndege (aeroplane) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
Izwi rokuti chimbuzi (toilet) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
Tumbuka inoti ndopa (blood) kureva ropa.
Tumbuka inoti chiwangwa (bone) kureva bvupa. Ko Chiyangwa?
Tumbuka inoti nkhuku (chicken) kureva huku.
Izwi rokuti ngoma (drum) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
Tumbuka inoti jiso (eye) kureva ziso. Mamwe mazwi: chisho (face) kureva chiso.
Tumbuka inoti mulimi (farmer) kureva murimi.
Tumbuka inoti chalo (country; field) kureva nyika.
Tumbuka inoti ufu (flour) kureva hupfu.
Tumbuka inoti mbuzi (goat) kureva mbudzi.
Tumbuka inoti dowe (green maize) kureva chibage chinyoro.
Tumbuka inoti shawa (groundnuts) kureva nzungu.
Tumbuka inoti mutu (head) kureva musoro. Mamwe mazwi: mtima (heart) kureva mwoyo.
Tumbuka inoti nyanja (lake) kureva nyanza.
Tumbuka inoti mutondori (lizard) kureva dzvinyu.
Tumbuka inoti mtunda kana phiri (hill) kureva chikomo.
Tumbuka inoti nyumba (house) kureva imba.
Tumbuka inoti nkhalamu (lion) kureva shumba.
Tumbuka inoti kumazere (left hand) kureva kuruboshwe kana runzere.
Tumbuka inoti usiku (night) kureva husiku.
Tumbuka inoti mtengo (price) kureva mutengo.
Tumbuka inoti mpunga (rice) kureva mupunga.
Tumbuka inoti mchenga (sand) kureva jecha.
Tumbuka inoti njoka (snake) kureva nyoka.
Tumbuka inoti zuwa (sun) kureva zuva. Mamwe mazwi: nyenyezi (stars) kureva nyenyedzi.
Tumbuka inoti masozi (tears) kureva musodzi. Mamwe mazwi: maji (water) kureva mvura.
Tumbuka inoti mlendo (visitor) kureva mweni.
Tumbuka inoti chitsime (well) kureva tsime.
Tumbuka inoti munung'una (younger brother) kureva munin'ina kana munun'una.

http://malawinetwork.org/chitumbuka-vocabulary.pdf
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