Chiakoose

**Chiakoose** (kana kungoti **Akoose**) mutauro weChibantu unotaurwa kuKameruni ne Vaakoose. Muna 2001 huwandu hwe vatuauri weChiakoose wakafungidzirwa kuva 100,000 yehuwandu hwe vanhu. Zvichienderana ne hupango hwa Malcolm Guthrie wemitauro ye Chibantu Chiakoose chaive muboka rechi A10. Chiakoose chiri mumhuri ye mitauro inonzi Manenguba.

## Mashoko eChiakoose

### Mashoko akafanana ne Chishona

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* Akoose vanoti **nhɛ́né** (in the open, open place, clearing) kureva mhene. Mamwe mazwi: **nhɛ́nɛ́n** (open place, open, publicly) kureva pamhene.
* Akoose vanoti **nyǎd** (forest buffalo) kureva nyati.
* Akoose vanoti **nyam** (n. animal; meat - flesh and bones) kureva nyama.
* Akoose vanoti **nyóod** (n. bee; honey bee) kureva nyuchi.
* Akoose vanoti **nzaa** (hunger, eager) kureva nzara.
* Akoose vanoti **nzaaŋgé** (n. collection; collection for wine; 2. offering, contribution; 4. collective work).
* Akoose vanoti **nzyɔg** (n. elephant) kureva nzou.
* Akoose vanoti **pémbé** (n. chalk). Fananidzai nokuti kupembedza?
* Akoose vanoti **pééb** kana **péém** (ideophone for very white) inyaudzosingwi inodudza huchena.

### Mamwe mashoko e Chiakoose
* Akoose vanoti **abum** (n. stomach; abdomen; belly) kureva dumbu.
* Akoose vanoti **âkab** (v. divide, share out) kureva kugova.
* Akoose vanoti **áláán** (n. three) kureva nhatu. Mamwe mazwi: **átáan** kana **métáan** (n. five) kureva shanu.
* Akoose vanoti **âlébe** (tell, send a message). Mamwe mazwi: **aloŋgé** (life, behaviour, character).
* Akoose vanoti **âlébe** (n. country, nation) kureva nyika.
* Akoose vanoti **âsal** (v. split, tear, cut through).
* Akoose vanoti **âsob** (v. escape, leave). Fananidzai nokuti kusvova.
* Akoose vanoti **ataa** (n. buttock). Mamwe mazwi: **mpéndé** (n. lock).
* Akoose vanoti **kúmbe** (v. pride, proud) kureva kudada. Mamwe mazwi: **kúmbe** (n. bowl).
* Akoose vanoti **mbale** (unripe, premature; pale, light). Mamwe mazwi: **mbále** (n. truth).
* Akoose vanoti **mbəŋgé** (1. pigeon, dove, 2. wood pigeon, Columba livia).
* Akoose vanoti **mendɛ** (n. gift, favour, sacrifice) kureva chipo.
* Akoose vanoti **mpǎŋgé** (person who comes first to the killed animal and qualifies for the special share of the meat).
* Akoose vanoti **mpín** (n. small) kureva diki. Fananidzai nokuti mhini?
* Akoose vanoti **mwandé** (n. parting in the hair).
* Akoose vanoti **mwǎnyamɛ́** (n. 1. highest of the ancestors; 2. name for God (used in the past?).
* Akoose vanoti **mwedáŋ** (n. kind of sugar cane - bush sugar cane).
* Akoose vanoti **mwembé** (n. congregation, gathering) kureva gungano.
* Akoose vanoti **mwɛd** (n. needle, prong, quill of porcupine) kureva tsono kana munungu. Fananidzai nokuti Nyamweda?
* Akoose vanoti **mwɛd** (n. left side) kureva ruboshwe.
* Akoose vanoti **ngóbe** (n. layer).
* Akoose vanoti **ngume** (n. 1. might, power, powers; 2. hero, champion; 3. champion wrestler).
* Akoose vanoti **nwále** (regent, ruler, temporary holder) kureva ari kufanotonga.
* Akoose vanoti **n'yɛ́lé** (n. spring of water; 2. leak hole) kureva chisipiti.
* Akoose vanoti **nzem** (men's sperm; semen).
* Akoose vanoti **sáŋgwɛ́** (mister, master, lord).
* Akoose vanoti **saámbɛ́** (n. seven) kureva nomwe.
* Akoose vanoti **tumbe** (family; lineage; exogamous local descent group) kureva mhuri.

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