Maconde mutauro unowanikwa kuZambia uri muboka remitauro yeBantu.

Mazwi Anotodzana

• VaMaconde vanoti imbeyu (seed); VaShona vanoti mbeu.
• Maconde inoti kuheka (to laugh); VaShona vanoti kuseka.
• Maconde inoti kuhaya (v. grind) vachireva kugaya.
• Maconde inoti cihundo (knot); VaShona vanoti chifundo.
• Maconde inoti kuhwa (to die); VaShona vanoti kufa.
• Maconde inoti chilonda (wound); VaShona vanoti chironda.
• Mwana (Child) ndizvo zvimwechete kuMaconde nekuShona.
• VaMaconde vanoti chikota (sweet millet stalk); VaShona vanoti ipwa.
• Maconde inoti chilambo (land, area, country); VaShona vanoti chirambo.
• Maconde inoti chilo kana uhiku (night); VaShona vanoti chiro kana usiku.
• Maconde inoti chipala (smithy, place where forge is located). Zvichida izwi iri rinotodzana nezita rinonzi Chipara.
• Maconde inoti chinu kana vinu (thing/things); VaShona vanoti chinhu kana zvinhu.
• Maconde inoti kuchitika (to jump down); VaShona vanoti kujitika.
• Maconde inoti chitututu (motorcycle); VaShona vanoti Mudhudhudhu.
• Maconde inoti chitongo kana chivolo (penis).
• Maconde inoti chilonda (sore, ulcer, wound); VaShona vanoti chironda.
• Maconde inoti kuhwika kana kukomola (arrive); VaShona vanoti kusvika.
• Maconde inoti kuhunga (tie, fasten, fix) vachireva kusunga.
• Maconde inoti kuteleka (v. cook) vachireva kubika.
• Maconde inoti imbai, kana umbai kana ambai (bee) kureva nyuchi. Ambayi izita remhuri.
• Maconde inoti imande (grasshopper); VaShona vanoti mhashu.
• Maconde inoti imbula (rain) kureva kunaya kwemvura.
• Maconde inoti inambili kana anambili (partridge); VaShona vanoti chikwari. Zvichida ndipo panobva zita rokuti Mbiri?
• Maconde inoti indila (path, road); VaShona vanoti nzira.
• Maconde inoti indonga (heavy stick, cudgel) kureva ndonga.
• Maconde inoti indege (aeroplane) kureva ndege.
• Maconde inoti induva (flower) kureva ruva.
• Maconde inoti ing'ombe (cow) kureva mombe.
• Maconde inoti inguluve (pig) kureva nguruve.

Mamwe Mazwi

• VaMaconde vanoti ing'unde (bean) kureva kunaya bhinzi.
• VaMaconde vanoti inguo (clothing) kureva zvipfeko.
• VaMaconde vanoti ing'wapa (armpit) kureva hapwa.

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1. ↑ https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/16/43/62/164362296332619092165078294358601375317/kde_Vocabulary_Shimakonde_2010_v000347.pdf
2. ↑ https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Books/Linguistics/Mega%20linguistics%20pack/African/Niger-Congo/Bantu/Makonde%2C%20A%20Grammar%20of%20%28Kraal%29.pdf