Luvale mutauro weBantu unowanikwa kuZambia.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

• Izwi rokuti nyama (meat) rakafanana kuLuvale neShona.
• Izwi rokuti mwana (child) rakafanana kuLuvale neShona.
• VaLuvale vanoti kawa (dog) kureva imbwa.
• VaLuvale vanoti jikunyi (firewood) kureva huni.
• VaLuvale vanoti mukamba (cassava) kureva mufarinya.
• VaLuvale vanoti kutulika kureva kuturika.
• VaLuvale vanoti ngoma (beehive) kureva mukoko.
• VaLuvale vanoti mukanwa (mouth) kureva mukanwa.
• VaLuvale vanoti muthu (person) kureva munhu.
• VaLuvale vanoti linoka (snake) kureva nyoka.
• VaLuvale vanoti ngeji (visitor) kureva mweni.
• VaLuvale vanoti muchima (heart) kureva moyo.
• VaLuvale vanoti njamba (elephant) kureva nzou.
• VaLuvale vanoti mukulwane (old person) kureva munhu mukuru.
• VaLuvale vanoti chiyambi (hunter) kureva muvhimi.
• VaLuvale vanoti kusoka (to roof a house) kureva kupfirira.
• VaLuvale vanoti vula (rain) kureva kunaya kwemvura.
• VaLuvale vanoti vapasa kana vapamba (twins) kureva mapatya.
• VaLuvale vanoti kukomba (sweep or clean) kureva kutsvaira kana kuchenesa.

Mazita eLuvale

• Mujinga kana Muzhinga (child born with umbilical cord twisted around body) kureva mwana anozvarwa akamonerera nerukuvhute.
• Nyapasa (mother or father twins) kureva mubereki wemapatya.
• Mbuya, Mukumbi kana Likumbi (name of twin that's born first - means light).
• Kapya kana Kakweji (name of twin that's born second - means moon).
• Chijika (name of child born after twins - name means one who shut the womb and stops further birth).
• Chikomba (name of child born second after twins - name means one who sweeps or cleans womb and stops further birth).
• Kaseka kana Kasela (child who comes out of mother's womb legs first). Kaseke izita remhuri.
• Chivunda (child born in the bush - Chivunda means thick forest).
• Kameya (child born while mom was on way to the river e.g to fetch soaked cassava).
• Kalwiji (child born while mom was on way to the river).
• Likoji (grace).