Makua

Makua kana Makhuwa mutauro unowanikwa kuMozambique uri mugola remitauro yeBantu.

Mazwi Anotodzana neShona

• Makua inoti ikuo (cloth, clothes), VaShona vachiti nguo.
• Makua inoti makura (oil, fat), VaShona vachiti mafuta.
• Makua inoti ikoma (drum), VaShona vachiti ngoma.
• Makua inoti mtu (a person), VaShona vachiti munhu.
• Makua inoti mshamiro (pillow), VaShona vachiti mutsamiro.
• Makua inoti ulili (bedstead), VaShona vachiti uriri.
• Makua inoti inui (bee), VaShona vachiti nyuchi.
• Makua inoti mtembo (bier), VaShona vachiti hwanyadza. Kune izwi rokuti kutembedzana.
• Makua inoti uwawa (bitterness), VaShona vachiti kuvava.
• Makua inoti mapele (breasts), VaShona vachiti mazamu.
• Makua inoti makala (coal, charcoal, cinders), VaShona vachiti makara.
• Makua inoti mwene kana mamwene (chief, king), VaShona vachiti ishe.
• Makua inoti ntoche (cotton), VaShona vachiti donje.
• Makua inoti imwene (dominion, kingdom), VaShona vachiti hushe – kana musha.
• Makua inoti mavi (excrement), VaShona vachiti tsvina.
• Makua inoti moro (fire), VaShona vachiti moto.
• Makua inoti inama (flesh), VaShona vachiti nyama.
• Makua inoti ituva (flower), VaShona vachiti ruva.
• Makua inoti nyao (foot), VaShona vachiti tsoka kana nyawo.
• Makua inoti Mluku (God), VaShona vachiti Mwari.
• Makua inoti indarama (gold), VaShona vachiti ndarama.
• Makua inoti mpira (rubber), VaShona vachiti mupira.
• Makua inoti mrima (heart, mind, soul), VaShona vachiti hana kana pfungwa.
• Makua inoti manyi (mother), VaShona vachiti amai.
• Makua inoti singano (needle), VaShona vachiti tsingano.
• Makua inoti ikwari (partridge), VaShona vachiti chikwari.
• Makua inoti nchia (pigeon), VaShona vachiti njiva.
• Makua inoti chinji (many), kureva zhinji.
• Makua inoti ikuluwe (pig), VaShona vachiti nguruve.
• Makua inoti imbeyu (plant), VaShona vachiti dzinde.
• Makua inoti mwenene (owner, possesor), VaShona vachiti mwene.
• Makua inoti mhaku (property, possessions, riches), VaShona vachiti pfuma.
• Makua inoti mtumba (pumpkins – when used to carry liquids). VaShona vane izwi rokuti mutumba.
• Makua inoti mkoi (rope). Kune zita remhuri reShona rinonzi Mukoyi.
• Makua inoti mbeyu (seed), VaShona vachiti mbeu.
• Makua inoti mlamu (brother-in-law; sister-in-law), VaShona vachiti muramu.
• Makua inoti nchipo (song), VaShona vachiti chimbo kana rwiyo.
• Makua inoti mleto (stranger), VaShona vachiti varwendo.
• Makua inoti mtoti (tailor), VaShona vachiti nguo.
• Makua inoti nlimi (tongue), VaShona vachiti rurimi.
• Makua inoti nchiya kana machiya (turtle dove), VaShona vachiti njiva.
• Makua inoti mkwiri (witch), VaShona vachiti muroyi.

Mamwe Mazwi

• Makua inoti mchinga (beehive), VaShona vachiti mukoko.
• Makua inoti inkala (crab), VaShona vachiti gakanje.
• Makua inoti ntia kana matia (lake), VaShona vachiti nyanza.
• Makua inoti karamu (lion), VaShona vachiti shumba.
• Makua inoti mkate (bread), VaShona vachiti chingwa.
• Makua inoti makova (husk), VaShona vachiti butu.
• Makua inoti ichipara (Mould).
• Makua inoti irungu (phantom), VaShona vachiti chipoko.
• Makua inoti mashi (sap, juice).
• Makua inoti mhava (sand), VaShona vachiti jecha.
• Makua inoti maronda (trade), VaShona vachiti hushavi.
• Makua inoti kapa (tortoise), VaShona vachiti hamba.
• Makua inoti mhina (inside, within), VaShona vachiti mukati kana kukati.
• Makua inoti chinene (abundantly).
• Makua inoti ulela (train up), VaShona vachiti kurera mwana.

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1. "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
2. https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/13845/Chapter%202.pdf?sequence=5