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.