ChiTonga

'''Chitonga''' (kana Tonga) mutauro unowanikwa munyika yeZambia neZimbabwe mudunhu rakagomba Rwizi Zambezi zvichibva paVictoria Falls kunosvika kuBatoka.

*Malawi Tonga mumwe mutauro wakazvimirira, wakasiyana neTonga yekuZimbabwe neZambia.

## Mazwi Akafanana neShona

*Izwi rokuti kumita (conception) rinoreva kubata nhumbu.
*Izwi rokuti **mugwazo** (Piece work) kureva mugwazo.
*Tonga inoti **chenga** (deceive, cheat) kureva kuchengedza.
*Tonga inoti **tondeka** (aim at; point at) kureva kutondeka.

## Mazwi Anotodza Shona

*Tonga inoti **Nseke** (embryo). Mamwe mazwi: **maseke** (corn grounds).
*Tonga inoti **tumbuka** kana **zyala** (to give birth) kureva kuzvara kana kutumbura.
*Tonga inoti **zyana** (dance) kureva kudzana.
*Tonga inoti **kunsi** (below, beneath) kureva kutsi.
*Tonga inoti **kununganya** (grafting).
*Tonga inoti **kuswanganya** (linking). Mamwe mazwi: -yanda (v. love, like) kureva kuda.
*Tonga inoti **Inseke**, **nseke** kana **mbuto** (seed) kureva mbeu..
*Tonga inoti **bambana** (Nurture).
*Tonga inoti **cibaka** (place) kureva nzvimbo.
*Tonga inoti **kanini** kana **niini** (little) kureva kadoko.
*Tonga inoti **nongo** (clay pot) kureva hari.
*Tonga inoti **nyezi** (adj. local).
*Tonga inoti **kaungu** (loneliness) kureva kusurukirwa.
*Tonga inoti **panga** kana **lenga** (to make) kureva kugadzira kana kusika.
*Tonga inoti **mulombwana** (man, male) kureva munhurume.
*Tonga inoti **lukwato** kana **lukwatano** (marriage) kureva wanano.
*Tonga inoti **mukapa** (milk) kureva mukaka.
*Tonga inoti **cisi** (nation, country, place) kureva nyika kana nzvimbo.
*Tonga inoti **cibanda** kana **cibandu** (plain) kureva **mhene**.
*Tonga inoti **panga** (plan) kureva kupanga mazano.
*Tonga inoti **museke** (Glans penis; tip of the penis).
*Tonga inoti **pangana** (plan with someone). Mamwe mazwi: **makanze** (plans) kureva zvirongwa.
*Tonga inoti **mbale** (plate) kureva ndiro. Mamwe mazwi: **Mwinza** (pore).
*Tonga inoti **bucete** (poverty) kureva hurombo. VaLenje vanoti **muchete** (common people).
*Tonga inoti **Lumba** (praise) kureva kurumbidza.
*Tonga inoti **komba** (pray) kureva kunamata. Kombayi izita remhuri.
*Tonga inoti **Cumayila** (preach) kureva kushumira.
*Tonga inoti **Cisanza** (raised platform to store maize) kureva **dara**.
*Tonga inoti **nhala** (rake) kureva rheki.
*Tonga inoti **jata musimbi** (noun. rape) kureva kubata chibharo.
*Tonga inoti **Sandula** (reply) kureva kupindura.
*Tonga inoti **Uulanga** (responsibility) kureva rudairo.
*Tonga inoti **mulonga** (river) kureva rwizi. Mamwe mazwi: **bulonga** (river system) kureva mutandira wenzizi.
*Tonga inoti **Nsabata** (Saturday) kureva sabata.
*Tonga inoti **munyoko** (sibling). Mamwe mazwi: **mulambi** (sinew).
*Tonga inoti **nyika** (soak in water) kureva kunyika.
*Tonga inoti **lubilo** (speed). Nyaruviro izita remhuri.
*Tonga inoti **Ciimo** (Physique). Mamwe mazwi: **labila** (order) kureva kurayira.
*Tonga inoti **bunene** (old age) kureva rukweguro kana hutana.
*Tonga inoti **muzuba** (nsima being cooked) kureva sadza rir kubikwa.
*Tonga inoti **mbongolo** (donkey) kureva mbongoro. Mamwe mazwi: **soka** (do first).
*Tonga inoti **citina** (brick) kureva chidhinha.
*Tonga inoti **yakulula** (to rebuild) kureva kuvaka patsva.
*Tonga inoti **yaka** (build) kureva kuvaka. Mamwe mazwi: bu-Tonga (n. Tongaland).
*Tonga inoti **yambukila** (spread) kureva kutandira.
*Tonga inoti **taanzi** (first) kureva chimotsi.
*Tonga inoti **kutala** (across) kureva mhiri.
*Tonga inoti **ndeke** (aeroplane) kureva ndege.
*Tonga inoti **makani** (affairs, news) kureva nhau.
*Tonga inoti **Masyikati** (afternoon) kureva masikati.

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