Gikuyu

Gikuyu kana Kikuyu mutauro weChiBantu unotaurwa kuKenya.

*Kikuyu haishandise mabhii anonzi: **f  l  p  q  s  v  x  z**, asi vanowedzera mabhii anonzi  **ĩ** and **ũ**.

## Mazwi Anotodza Shona

*Kikuyu inoti **baba** ndiro rimwechete kuGikuyu neShona.
*Kikuyu inoti **muundu** (person)  kureva munhu.
*Kikuyu inoti **ndaa** (louse)  kureva inda.
*Kikuyu inoti **kindu** (thing)  kureva chinhu.
*Kikuyu inoti **ng'ombe** (cow)  kureva mombe.
*Kikuyu inoti **mbura** (rain)  kureva mvura yekunaya.
*Kikuyu inoti **nyoota** (thirst)  kureva nyota.
*Kikuyu inoti **nyama** (meat) kureva nyama.
*Kikuyu inoti **nyina** (his/her mother)  kureva iAmai vake.
*Kikuyu inoti **kikokora** (elbow) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva gokora. 
*Kikuyu inoti **korima** (farming) kureva kurima.
*Kikuyu inoti **mugunda** (n. farm) kureva kurima. Mamwe mazwi: thi (n. ground) kureva pasi.
*Kikuyu inoti **ruara** kana **nduara** (finger nail) kureva **nzara**.
*Kikuyu inoti **kyara** kana **chiara** (finger) kureva munwe.
*Kikuyu inoti **thano** (five) kureva shanu. Mamwe mazwi: mubira (n. ball) kureva bhora.
*Kikuyu inoti **mugeni** (foreigner) kureva munhu mupara.
*Kikuyu inoti **kuanika** (put out to dry) kureva kuyanika.
*Kikuyu inoti **kyura** (frog) kureva datya. Mamwe mazwi: matunda (n. fruit) kureva muchero.
*Kikuyu inoti **kokunika** (v. to encase) kureva kuputira kana kuisa muchikasha.
*Kikuyu inoti **kokaranga** (to fry) kureva kukaringa.
*Kikuyu inoti **mboyi** (fox). Kune rwiyo runoti **Mboi, mboi bereka - bereka mbudzi dzawanda. Dzanyanya kuwanda - pfunya rusero chirara, goo**.o
*Kikuyu inoti **murimi** (farmer, gardener). Mamwe mazwi: eru (n. white) kureva chena.
*Kikuyu inoti **kochiara** (give birth to). Mamwe mazwi: iru (n. black) kureva nhema.
*Kikuyu inoti **-nene** kana **-kuru** (great, grand).
*Kikuyu inoti **onene** (greatness). Mamwe mazwi: marangi (n. colours) kureva mavara.
*Kikuyu inoti **gwoko** kana **moko** (hand).
*Kikuyu inoti **murugamiri** (foreman, headman).
*Kikuyu inoti **mbara** (hostilities). Mamwe mazwi: muari (n. daughter) kureva mukunda.
*Kikuyu inoti **kyura** (frog) kureva datya.
*Kikuyu inoti **nyumba** (house) kureva imba.
*Kikuyu inoti **mundu** (person) kureva munhu.
*Kikuyu inoti **muromo** (gate, ingress) kureva mukova.
*Kikuyu inoti **muchiri** (judge) kureva jaji.
*Kikuyu inoti **kochira** (to judge) kureva kutonga.
*Kikuyu inoti **kotheka** (to laugh) kureva kuseka.
*Kikuyu inoti **makwatano** (league, coalition, alliance) kureva chikwata.
*Kikuyu inoti **ndaa** (lice) kureva inda. Mamwe mazwi: ruoya (n. feather) kureva munhenga.
*Kikuyu inoti **maguta** (fat, grease) kureva mafuta.

## Mamwe Mazwi

*Kikuyu inoti **mbiro** (soot) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva chin'ayi. 
*Kikuyu inoti **koora** (little frog) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva kadatya. Kune zita rinonzi Kakora?
*Kikuyu inoti **kira** (cross-over) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva kuyambukira. 
*Kikuyu inoti **marigu** (bananas) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva mabhanana. Kune zita rinonzi Mariga?
*Kikuyu inoti **rowa** kana **njowa** (goatskin). Mamwe mazwi: mirongo (n. a set of ten).
*Kikuyu inoti **Ngai** kana **Makai** (God) kureva Mwari. Mamwe mazwi: mugwanja (n. seven) kureva nomwe.
*Kikuyu inoti **Ngai kiyahudi** (Jehovah) kureva Mwari wemaJudha.
*Kikuyu inoti **muoyo** (life) kureva hupenyu. Mamwe mazwi: **tune; ndune** (n. red) kureva tsvuku.
*Kikuyu inoti rangi tiri (n. brown colour; colour of soil) kureva brauni.