Kinyarwanda mutauro unowanikwa kuRwanda uri muboka remitauro yeBantu.

Mazwi Anotodzana

• Kinyarwanda inoti umunyu (salt); VaShona vanoti munyu.
• Kinyarwanda inoti inyota (thirst); VaShona vanoti nyota.
• Kinyarwanda inoti kota (warm oneself by the fire); VaShona vanoti kugota.
• Kinyarwanda inoti umwotsi (smoke); VaShona vanoti hutsi.
• Kinyarwanda inoti urupfu (death); VaShona vanoti rufu.
• Mwana (Child) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona.
• Kinyarwanda inoti gupfukama (to kneel); VaShona vanoti kupfugama.
• Kinyarwanda inoti gupima (measure, weigh, examine); VaShona vanoti kupima.
• Kinyarwanda inoti gupfa (to die); VaShona vanoti kufa.
• Kinyarwanda inoti umupira (rubber); VaShona vanoti mupira.
• Kinyarwanda inoti kureka (to stop, leave off, refrain from, cease, forsake, allow); VaShona vanoti kurega.
• Kurindira (to wait for, expect) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona.
• Mururimi rweKinyarwanda vanoti Kuringanira (to be even ,equal, flat) kuShona vanoti kuringana.
• Muramu (Sister-in-law of man; Brother-in-law of woman) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona.
• Kurera (to train, rear child) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona.
• Kuremera (to be heavy) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona.
• Kinyarwanda inoti uburiri (bed, sleeping place); VaShona vanoti uriri.
• Kinyarwanda inoti kurwanya (to fight); VaShona vanoti kurwa.
• Kinyarwanda inoti kurunda (to pile together, heap ). Zvichida izwi iri rinotodzana nezita reShona rinonzi Chirunda?
• Kinyarwanda inoti -shya (new); VaShona vanoti -tsva kana -dzva.
• Kinyarwanda inoti umuswa (white ants); VaShona vanoti mutswa.
• Kinyarwanda inoti igitaka (soil); VaShona vanoti dhaga kana dhaka.
• Kinyarwanda inoti gutambika (to place crosswise, be crosswise, hrizontal); ChiNdau vanoti kutambika.
• Kinyarwanda inoti tandatu (six); VaShona vanoti tanhatu kana nhanhatu.
• Kinyarwanda inoti tanu (five); VaShona vanoti shanu.
• Kinyarwanda inoti umuti (medicine, any mixed preparation); VaShona vanoti muti.
• Kinyarwanda inoti kubaka (to build); VaShona vanoti kuvaka.
• Kinyarwanda inoti ubuso (surface); VaShona vanoti chiso kana uso.
• Kurwara (to be sick, ill) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona.
• Rwose (entire, complete, very much) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona.
• Mururimi rweKinyarwanda vanoti gusonza (to be hungry). Zvichida izwi iri rinotodzana nezita reShona rinonzi Musonza?
• Kinyarwanda inoti isi (world, earth); Lugwere vanoti chisi (region, country). VaShona vanoti chisi kureva zuva rinoereswa kushanda.

Mamwe Mazwi

• Izwi rokuti intara (region, area) rinotaurwa mururimi rweKinyarwanda. Zvichida izwi iri rinotodzana nechivakamberi nhara- mumazwi anoti nharaunda kana nharawanzi?
• Izwi rokuti umutemeri (lid, cover) rinotaurwa mururimi rweKinyarwanda. Zvichida izwi iri rinotodzana nezita reShona rinonzi Mutemeri?
• Izwi rokuti igitsina (sex, gender - male or female) rinotaurwa mururimi rweKinyarwanda.

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1. ↑ https://www.rcsdk12.org/cms/lib/NY01001156/Centricity/Domain/4194/english-kinyarwanda-dictionary.pdf