Xillenge

Muti waka Xillenge i muti lowu vulavulaka Xitsonga. Ku hava vumbhoni lebyi seketelaka leswi, kambe kuvuriwa leswaku vakaxillenge vave tihosi ta ndzhawu leyi vuriwaka leswaku hile: Xillengeni (Chillengeni). Kuni swimutana swo hlaya e hansi ka muti wa Xillenge, kambe swi hlangana eka Kokwani-xindhuwe loyi a vuriwaka : Khwembe.

Nxaxamelo lowu tiviwaka wa vakwokwa-wa vakwokwani vaka xilenge wu sungula eka Khwembe ivi wu ta haleno.

 Xithopo xa muti 
Xi thopo lexi landzelaka i xa muti wa ka Xillenge, naswona xitiveka ngopfu le ka xibhabhele e Muzambhiki.
Zindhe!... ( Siyendha )
S'bonge sihle... ( Mthovokazi )
Khwembe!...  ( Kwembe ra ku hiwa arina murhu! )
Nhongo!...
Mzaya!...

Lexi hi xona xi thopo lexi tivekaka xa muti lowu. Kuni ku hambana-nyana eka swi mutana swa ka Xillenge loko swiri karhi swi thopa xivongo lexi, kambe hinkwaswo swo thlelela eka khwembe.

 Rhavi e ka swiyenge swa rixaka ra Vatsonga 
Hi ku ya hi Henri Junod va ka Xillenge, va hlayiwa eka rhavi ra Va hlengwe e ka rixaka ra Vatsonga. Leri i rhavi Leri kulu eka ma rhavi ya ntsevu lawa Junod a tsaleke ha wona.Henry Junod - Life of a South African Tribe - Vol 1, Pages 16 - 19

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Category:Swivongo_swa_Xitsonga