Tumbuka kana Chitumbuka rurimi runotaurwa kuMalawi.

Mazwi anotodza Shona

• VaTumbuka vanoti matenda (diseases) kureva zvirwere.
• Tumbuka inoti ng'anga (witch doctor) kureva n'anga.
• Tumbuka inoti mphasa (mat) kureva rupasa.
• Tumbuka inoti kulya (to eat) kureva kudya. Mamwe mazwi: kufwa (to die) kureva kufa.
• Tumbuka inoti nena (to say) kureva kureva.
• Tumbuka inoti dula (expensive) kureva kudhura.
• Tumbuka inoti chiwisi (fresh) kureva mbishi.
• Tumbuka inoti chiwema (good). Mamwe mazwi: chikulu (big).
• Tumbuka inoti chaka (year) kureva gore.
• Tumbuka inoti mvula (rain) kureva kunaya kwemvura.
• Tumbuka inoti kusuka (to wash) kureva kusuka.
• Tumbuka inoti kwamba (to start) kureva kuvamba. Mamwe mazwi: kujula (to open) kureva kuvhura.
• Tumbuka inoti kujala (to close) kureva kuvhara.
• Tumbuka inoti kuphika (to cook) kureva kubika.
• Izwi rokuti kugeza (to bathe) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
• Tumbuka inoti kuphala (to tell) kureva kuudza. Mamwe mazwi: kuphalira (to explain) kureva kutsanangura.
• Tumbuka inoti kwenda (to walk) kureva kufamba.
• Tumbuka inoti kuchenjera (to be careful) kureva kuchenjera.
• Tumbuka inoti kutola (to take) kureva kutora. Mamwe mazwi: kutaya (to lose) kureva kurasa.
• Izwi rokuti nyama (meat) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
• Tumbuka inoti kulota (to dream) kureva kurota.
• Izwi rokuti kuwa (to fall) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
• Tumbuka inoti kuvina (to dance) kureva kudzana. Mamwe mazwi: kulemba (to write) kureva kunyora.
• Tumbuka inoti kulwala (to be sick) kureva kurwara.
• Tumbuka inoti kuwona (to see) kureva kuwona.
• Tumbuka inoti kuwonekera (to be visible) kureva kuwonekera.
• Tumbuka inoti ngozi (accident) kureva tsaona.
• Izwi rokuti ndege (aeroplane) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
• Izwi rokuti chimbuzi (toilet) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
• Tumbuka inoti ndopa (blood) kureva ropa.
• Tumbuka inoti chiwangwa (bone) kureva bvupa. Ko Chiyangwa?
• Tumbuka inoti nkhuku (chicken) kureva huku.
• Izwi rokuti ngoma (drum) ndiro rimwe mururimi rweTumbuka neShona.
• Tumbuka inoti jiso (eye) kureva ziso. Mamwe mazwi: chisho (face) kureva chiso.
• Tumbuka inoti mulimi (farmer) kureva murimi.
• Tumbuka inoti chalo (country; field) kureva nyika.
• Tumbuka inoti ufu (flour) kureva hupfu.
• Tumbuka inoti mbuzi (goat) kureva mbudzi.
• Tumbuka inoti dowe (green maize) kureva chibage chinyoro.
• Tumbuka inoti shawa (groundnuts) kureva nzungu.
• Tumbuka inoti mutu (head) kureva musoro. Mamwe mazwi: mtima (heart) kureva mwoyo.
• Tumbuka inoti nyanja (lake) kureva nyanza.
• Tumbuka inoti mutondori (lizard) kureva dzvinyu.
• Tumbuka inoti mtunda kana phiri (hill) kureva chikomo.
• Tumbuka inoti nyumba (house) kureva imba.
• Tumbuka inoti nkhalamu (lion) kureva shumba.
• Tumbuka inoti kumazere (left hand) kureva kuruboshwe kana runzere.
• Tumbuka inoti usiku (night) kureva husiku.
• Tumbuka inoti mtengo (price) kureva mutengo.
• Tumbuka inoti mpunga (rice) kureva mupunga.
• Tumbuka inoti mchenga (sand) kureva jecha.
• Tumbuka inoti njoka (snake) kureva nyoka.
• Tumbuka inoti zuwa (sun) kureva zuva. Mamwe mazwi: nyenyezi (stars) kureva nyenyedzi.
• Tumbuka inoti masozi (tears) kureva musodzi. Mamwe mazwi: maji (water) kureva mvura.
• Tumbuka inoti mlendo (visitor) kureva mweni.
• Tumbuka inoti chitsime (well) kureva tsime.
• Tumbuka inoti munung'una (younger brother) kureva munin'ina kana munun'una.

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1. ↑ http://malawinetwork.org/chitumbuka-vocabulary.pdf