Some Words and Phrases
(These are in the orthography of the 1952 New Testament )
- achatati wetu - our ancestors;
- atati - father;
- chakulya - food;
- chilambo - land;
- chilo - by night;
- chisima - well of water';
- chitabu - book;
- ipagwa - generation;
- jwali jose - anyone;
- jwatumile- (he) sent;
- ku musa wa Daudi - to the town of David;
- kukocha - to burn;
- kungopoka lyuwa - in the east;
- ...kwapi ? - Where ... ?;
- kwipululu - into the uninhabited places;
- lelo - today;
- lilowe lyenu - your word;
- lina lyakwe ne Yohana - his name is John;
- lina - name;
- litala - way;
- maganga'ga - these stones;
- majoka - snakes;
- masengo - deeds, actions;
- matumbi - mountains;
- matiwi - valleys;
- mchipi - darkness;
- meso - face, eyes;
- mgunda wa lwasi - field of blood;
- miasi - blood;
- miesi jitatu - three months;
- mkono - right arm;
- nyumba - house;
- mnyumba - in the house;
- moto - fire;
- mtima - heart;
- mumtima - in heart;
- mwiganga - against a stone;
- ndondwa - star;
- ng'onde - cattle, beasts;
- ngutuma - I am sending;
- pasi - below;
- tutumbi - hill(s);
- wandu wose - all people;
- waweni - he saw.
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