Yao

**Yao** kana ChiYao rurimi rwunotaurwa munyika dzinoti: Malawi; Zambia, Mozambique neZimbabwe. Mutauro uyu wakapararira munyika dze**SADC** nokuda kwevanhu vakatamira munyika idzi vachitsvaga mabasa, vari vashandi vakabva ku**Malawi** ne**Zambia**.

## Mazwi Anotodzana neShona

ChiYao chine mazwi mazhinji anotodzana ne**ChiShona** nemamwe akafanana zvachose.

*Izwi rokuti **nyama** (meat; animals used for meat) ndiro rimwe kuChiYao neShona.
*Izwi rokuti **mbwa** (meat; animals used for meat) ndiro rimwe kuChiYao neShona.
*Izwi rokuti **nguo** (cloth; calico) ndiro rimwe kuChiYao neShona.
*Izwi rokuti **chigamba** (a patch) ndiro rimwe ku**ChiYao** ne**Shona**.
*Izwi rokuti **chilindo** (hut in a field where watch is kept for thieves, animals etc) rinotaurwa mururimi rweYao richireva **nhungu**.
*VaYao vanoti **kung'wa** (to drink), kureva kunwa.
*VaYao vanoti **kuwawa** (bitter taste), kureva kuvava.
*VaYao vanoti **wato** (canoe), kureva bwato.
*VaYao vanoti **kuwaka** (to build), kureva kuvaka.
*VaYao vanoti **mbusi** (goat), kureva mbudzi.
*VaYao vanoti **liso** (eye), kureva ziso.
*VaYao vanoti **lulimi**, kureva rurimi. 
*VaYao vanoti **achimwenye** (chief), kureva Ishe. 
*VaYao vanoti **chaka** (a year counting from time of planting crops, season, a time). 
*VaYao vanoti **chikope** (the eye lid).  
*VaYao vanoti **kulalika** (to gather an army; to gather a caravan). Mararike izita remhuri. 
*VaYao vanoti **chiiga** (a thigh), kureva chidya. 
*VaYao vanoti **likasa** (a box), kureva chikasha. 
*VaYao vanoti **likumi** (ten), kureva gumi. 
*VaYao vanoti **chala** (toe, finger), kureva chigunwe.  
*VaYao vanoti **kujenda**, kureva kuenda.
*VaYao vanoti **kujimba**(to sing) kureva kuimba.
*VaYao vanoti **kuchuwika** (to dip in water).
*VaYao vanoti **kukomoka** (to faint).
*VaYao vanoti **kukumbatila** (to embrace in a conjugal position).
*VaYao vanoti **luwele** (breasts).
*VaYao vanoti **mapale** (fragment of a broken pot).
*VaYao vanoti **chipala** (blacksmith’s forge).
*VaYao vanoti **chipembere** (rhinoceros).
*VaYao vanoti **chisango** (a divining instrument).
*VaYao vanoti **chiselo** kureva **rusero**.
*VaYao vanoti **chitumba** (a bud).
*VaYao vanoti **chitumba** (a calabash; salt).
*VaYao vanoti **chiwamba** (seedling grown in a verandah and afterward transplanted).
*VaYao vanoti **chikosi** (a bunch of grass tied to mark the limit of a field).
*VaYao vanoti **dande** (slime of a snail).
*VaYao vanoti **luwala** (an open space). Ko ruvara?
*VaYao vanoti **luwilo** (a race). Ko zita rokuti Nyaruviro?
*VaYao vanoti **luwaso** (accuracy in shooting).
*VaYao vanoti **macheka** (bracelet made of the skin of an elephant foot).
*VaYao vanoti **machela** (a net fixed in the water by means of stakes; pointed).
*VaYao vanoti **machila** (strength; price of redemption).
*VaYao vanoti **mangawa** (debt).
*VaYao vanoti **gwiso** kana **Atati** (father; master).
*VaYao vanoti **lusama** (green-coloured).
*VaYao vanoti **lusese** (dwarfishness). Ko Chisese?
*VaYao vanoti **mbanga** (space between 2 large rocks; a cave).
*VaYao vanoti **mbale** (a plate).
*VaYao vanoti **mbali** (the side).; sokuti pa mbali pamoto – near the fire.
*VaYao vanoti **makala** (charcoal), kureva marasha.
*VaYao vanoti **chisukulu** (grandchild), kureva muzukuru.
*VaYao vanoti **chilo** (night), kureva husiku kana **chiro**.

## Mamwe Mazwi

*VaYao vanoti **lichinga** (animal kraal), kureva danga remombe.
*VaYao vanoti **kujambanya** (to commence weaving a palm leaf mat). Ko zita rinonzi Jambaya?
*VaYao vanoti **chilungu** (an earthquake).
*VaYao vanoti **chinganga** (a small drum; a necklace of beads).
*VaYao vanoti **chindimba** (a feast with dancing).
*VaYao vanoti **chikungu** (brass or copper).
*VaYao vanoti **luwanda** (a foetus).
*VaYao vanoti **ngani** (news), kureva nhau.