Gikuyu

Gikuyu kana Kikuyu mutauro weChiBantu unotaurwa kuKenya.

• Kikuyu haishandise mabhii anonzi: f l p q s v x z, asi vanowedzera mabhii anonzi ĩ and ũ.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

• Kikuyu inoti baba ndiro rimwechete kuGikuyu neShona.
• Kikuyu inoti muundu (person) kureva munhu.
• Kikuyu inoti ndaa (louse) kureva inda.
• Kikuyu inoti kindu (thing) kureva chinhu.
• Kikuyu inoti ng'ombe (cow) kureva mombe.
• Kikuyu inoti mbura (rain) kureva mvura yekunaya.
• Kikuyu inoti nyoota (thirst) kureva nyota.
• Kikuyu inoti nyama (meat) kureva nyama.
• Kikuyu inoti nyina (his/her mother) kureva iAmai vake.
• Kikuyu inoti kikokora (elbow) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva gokora.
• Kikuyu inoti korima (farming) kureva kurima.
• Kikuyu inoti mugunda (n. farm) kureva kurima. Mamwe mazwi: thi (n. ground) kureva pasi.
• Kikuyu inoti ruara kana nduara (finger nail) kureva nzara.
• Kikuyu inoti kyara kana chiara (finger) kureva munwe.
• Kikuyu inoti thano (five) kureva shanu. Mamwe mazwi: mubira (n. ball) kureva bhora.
• Kikuyu inoti mugeni (foreigner) kureva munhu mupara.
• Kikuyu inoti kuanika (put out to dry) kureva kuyanika.
• Kikuyu inoti kyura (frog) kureva datya. Mamwe mazwi: matunda (n. fruit) kureva muchero.
• Kikuyu inoti kokunika (v. to encase) kureva kuputira kana kuisa muchikasha.
• Kikuyu inoti kokaranga (to fry) kureva kukaringa.
• Kikuyu inoti mboyi (fox). Kune rwiyo runoti Mboi, mboi bereka - bereka mbudzi dzawanda. Dzanyanya kuwanda - pfunya rusero chirara, goo.o
• Kikuyu inoti murimi (farmer, gardener). Mamwe mazwi: eru (n. white) kureva chena.
• Kikuyu inoti kochiara (give birth to). Mamwe mazwi: iru (n. black) kureva nhema.
• Kikuyu inoti -nene kana -kuru (great, grand).
• Kikuyu inoti onene (greatness). Mamwe mazwi: marangi (n. colours) kureva mavara.
• Kikuyu inoti gwoko kana moko (hand).
• Kikuyu inoti murugamiri (foreman, headman).
• Kikuyu inoti mbara (hostilities). Mamwe mazwi: muari (n. daughter) kureva mukunda.
• Kikuyu inoti kyura (frog) kureva datya.
• Kikuyu inoti nyumba (house) kureva imba.
• Kikuyu inoti mundu (person) kureva munhu.
• Kikuyu inoti muromo (gate, ingress) kureva mukova.
• Kikuyu inoti muchiri (judge) kureva jaji.
• Kikuyu inoti kochira (to judge) kureva kutonga.
• Kikuyu inoti kotheka (to laugh) kureva kuseka.
• Kikuyu inoti makwatano (league, coalition, alliance) kureva chikwata.
• Kikuyu inoti ndaa (lice) kureva inda. Mamwe mazwi: ruoya (n. feather) kureva munhenga.
• Kikuyu inoti maguta (fat, grease) kureva mafuta.

Mamwe Mazwi

• Kikuyu inoti mbiro (soot) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva chin'ayi.
• Kikuyu inoti koora (little frog) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva kadatya. Kune zita rinonzi Kakora?
• Kikuyu inoti kira (cross-over) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva kuyambukira.
• Kikuyu inoti marigu (bananas) rinotaurwa kuGikuyu kureva mabhanana. Kune zita rinonzi Mariga?
• Kikuyu inoti rowa kana njowa (goatskin). Mamwe mazwi: mirongo (n. a set of ten).
• Kikuyu inoti Ngai kana Makai (God) kureva Mwari. Mamwe mazwi: mugwanja (n. seven) kureva nomwe.
• Kikuyu inoti Ngai kiyahudi (Jehovah) kureva Mwari wemaJudha.
• Kikuyu inoti muoyo (life) kureva hupenyu. Mamwe mazwi: tune; ndune (n. red) kureva tsvuku.
• Kikuyu inoti rangi tiri (n. brown colour; colour of soil) kureva brauni.