Chifwe

Fwe mtauro unotaurwa kuZambia neNamibhiya.

Mazwi Akafanana neShona

Shoko rokuti kurwara (to be sick) ndiro rimwe kuShona neFwe.
Shoko rokuti kukura (to grow) ndiro rimwe kuShona neFwe.
Shoko rokuti kukama ndiro rimwe kuShona neFwe.
Shoko rokuti kurota (to dream) ndiro rimwe kuShona neFwe.
Shoko rokuti kurara (to sleep) ndiro rimwe kuShona neFwe.
Shoko rokuti mvuu (hippo) ndiro rimwe kuShona neFwe.
Shoko rokuti mafuta (oil, lotion) ndiro rimwe kuShona neFwe.
Shoko rokuti bwe (stone) ndiro rimwe kuShona neFwe.
Shoko rokuti ngoma (drum) ndiro rimwe kuShona neFwe.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

VaFwe vanoti cigebenga kana cikebenga (criminal) kureva chigebenga, chigevenga kana chigeveng'a.
VaFwe vanoti cikurube kana cikurube (pig) kureva nguruve.
VaFwe vanoti mukwakwa kana mugwagwa (road) kureva mugwagwa.
VaFwe vanoti kuvurura (to winnow) kureva kuwurutsa.
VaFwe vanoti kufuma (to become rich) kureva kupfuma.
VaFwe vanoti kusuma (to sew) kureva kusona kana kupfuma.
VaFwe vanoti kudokora (to belch, to clear one's throat) kureva kugeya.
VaFwe vanoti kusheka (to laugh) kureva kuseka.
VaFwe vanoti kuroa (to bewitch) kureva kuroya.
VaFwe vanoti kukana (to refuse, reject, divorce) kureva kupokana?
VaFwe vanoti nyota (thirst) kureva nyota.
VaFwe vanoti kudura (to be expensive) kureva kudhura.
VaFwe vanoti muriro (fire) kureva moto.
VaFwe vanoti eziryo (food) kureva zvidyo.
VaFwe vanoti mata (bows) kureva uta.
VaFwe vanoti rubanje (cannabis) kureva mbanje.
VaFwe vanoti mvura (rain) kureva mvura ichinaya.
VaFwe vanoti rushonsho kana rushosho (tibia) kureva bvupa guru remupimbiri.
VaFwe vanoti cibuna (bush) kureva gwenzi.
VaFwe vanoti kun'ora (to write) kureva kunyora.
VaFwe vanoti kumena (to sprout) kureva kumera.
VaFwe vanoti kurota (to dream) kureva kurota.
VaFwe vanoti kusika (to light) kureva kubatidza.
VaFwe vanoti kucora (to break) kureva kutyora. Vanobva vati kucoka kureva kutyoka.
VaFwe vanoti kutwara (to bring) kureva kuunza.
VaFwe vanoti kazara (to give birth - of animals) kureva kuzvara.
VaFwe vanoti kurera (to feed) kureva kudyisa kana kurera - Sokuti kurera imbwa nomukaka mangwana inofuma yokuruma.
VaFwe vanoti ziba (lake) kureva dziva.
VaFwe vanoti kusepa (trust, hope) kureva kuvimba. Ko zita rinonzi Chisepo?
VaFwe vanoti kugwa (to fall) kureva kuwa.
VaFwe vanoti kutwa (to pound) kureva kutswa.
VaFwe vanoti njimbo (songs) kureva dzimbo.
VaFwe vanoti nditambike (give me) kureva nditambidze.
VaFwe vanoti kurindira (to wait for) kureva kurindira.
VaFwe vanoti munzi (village) kureva musha.
VaFwe vanoti kutaanda (to chase) kureva kutanda.
VaFwe vanoti njimbo (songs) kureva dzimbo.
VaFwe vanoti musebezi (work) kureva musevenzo.
VaFwe vanoti cishi cangu (my country) kureva nyika yangu.

Mamwe Mazwi

VaFwe vanoti ciwakaka (horned melon) kureva magaka.
VaFwe vanoti mukwame (n. man) kureva murume.
VaFwe vanoti kusinga (to paint) kureva kupendha.
VaFwe vanoti njewe (poor person) kureva munhu murombo.
VaFwe vanoti kamwi (heat, afternoon) kureva rudziyakamwe?
VaFwe vanoti kuzana (to play, to dance) kureva kutamba.
VaFwe vanoti kutukuta (to become warm) kureva kudziyirwa.
VaFwe vanoti kurwera (to watch) kureva kutarira. Ko zita rinonzi Rwere?
VaFwe vanoti kunyeeza (to annoy). Ko zita rinonzi Munyeza?
VaFwe vanoti shirya (opposite, other side) kureva mhiri.
VaFwe vanoti nsurumuko (downward slope) kureva materu.
VaFwe vanoti kupanga (to do, make) kureva kugadzira.
VaFwe vanoti kupangira (to do for someone) kureva kugadzirira.
VaFwe vanoti evu (land, soil, sand) kureva ivhu.
VaFwe vanoti mutwii (head) kureva musoro.^[1]^[2]

Mabviro eruzivo

[1] ttps://www.academia.edu/36139284/A_Grammar_of_Fwe._A_Bantu_Language_of_Zambia_and_Namibia

[2] ttps://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8553074/file/8553090.pdf

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