Chitonga (kana Tonga) mutauro unowanikwa munyika yeZambia neZimbabwe mudunhu rakagomba Rwizi Zambezi zvichibva paVictoria Falls kunosvika kuBatoka.

• Malawi Tonga mumwe mutauro wakazvimirira, wakasiyana neTonga yekuZimbabwe neZambia.

Mazwi Akafanana neShona

• Izwi rokuti kumita (conception) rinoreva kubata nhumbu.
• Izwi rokuti mugwazo (Piece work) kureva mugwazo.
• Tonga inoti chenga (deceive, cheat) kureva kuchengedza.
• Tonga inoti tondeka (aim at; point at) kureva kutondeka.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

• Tonga inoti Nseke (embryo). Mamwe mazwi: maseke (corn grounds).
• Tonga inoti tumbuka kana zyala (to give birth) kureva kuzvara kana kutumbura.
• Tonga inoti zyana (dance) kureva kudzana.
• Tonga inoti kunsi (below, beneath) kureva kutsi.
• Tonga inoti kununganya (grafting).
• Tonga inoti kuswanganya (linking). Mamwe mazwi: -yanda (v. love, like) kureva kuda.
• Tonga inoti Inseke, nseke kana mbuto (seed) kureva mbeu..
• Tonga inoti bambana (Nurture).
• Tonga inoti cibaka (place) kureva nzvimbo.
• Tonga inoti kanini kana niini (little) kureva kadoko.
• Tonga inoti nongo (clay pot) kureva hari.
• Tonga inoti nyezi (adj. local).
• Tonga inoti kaungu (loneliness) kureva kusurukirwa.
• Tonga inoti panga kana lenga (to make) kureva kugadzira kana kusika.
• Tonga inoti mulombwana (man, male) kureva munhurume.
• Tonga inoti lukwato kana lukwatano (marriage) kureva wanano.
• Tonga inoti mukapa (milk) kureva mukaka.
• Tonga inoti cisi (nation, country, place) kureva nyika kana nzvimbo.
• Tonga inoti cibanda kana cibandu (plain) kureva mhene.
• Tonga inoti panga (plan) kureva kupanga mazano.
• Tonga inoti museke (Glans penis; tip of the penis).
• Tonga inoti pangana (plan with someone). Mamwe mazwi: makanze (plans) kureva zvirongwa.
• Tonga inoti mbale (plate) kureva ndiro. Mamwe mazwi: Mwinza (pore).
• Tonga inoti bucete (poverty) kureva hurombo. VaLenje vanoti muchete (common people).
• Tonga inoti Lumba (praise) kureva kurumbidza.
• Tonga inoti komba (pray) kureva kunamata. Kombayi izita remhuri.
• Tonga inoti Cumayila (preach) kureva kushumira.
• Tonga inoti Cisanza (raised platform to store maize) kureva dara.
• Tonga inoti nhala (rake) kureva rheki.
• Tonga inoti jata musimbi (noun. rape) kureva kubata chibharo.
• Tonga inoti Sandula (reply) kureva kupindura.
• Tonga inoti Uulanga (responsibility) kureva rudairo.
• Tonga inoti mulonga (river) kureva rwizi. Mamwe mazwi: bulonga (river system) kureva mutandira wenzizi.
• Tonga inoti Nsabata (Saturday) kureva sabata.
• Tonga inoti munyoko (sibling). Mamwe mazwi: mulambi (sinew).
• Tonga inoti nyika (soak in water) kureva kunyika.
• Tonga inoti lubilo (speed). Nyaruviro izita remhuri.
• Tonga inoti Ciimo (Physique). Mamwe mazwi: labila (order) kureva kurayira.
• Tonga inoti bunene (old age) kureva rukweguro kana hutana.
• Tonga inoti muzuba (nsima being cooked) kureva sadza rir kubikwa.
• Tonga inoti mbongolo (donkey) kureva mbongoro. Mamwe mazwi: soka (do first).
• Tonga inoti citina (brick) kureva chidhinha.
• Tonga inoti yakulula (to rebuild) kureva kuvaka patsva.
• Tonga inoti yaka (build) kureva kuvaka. Mamwe mazwi: bu-Tonga (n. Tongaland).
• Tonga inoti yambukila (spread) kureva kutandira.
• Tonga inoti taanzi (first) kureva chimotsi.
• Tonga inoti kutala (across) kureva mhiri.
• Tonga inoti ndeke (aeroplane) kureva ndege.
• Tonga inoti makani (affairs, news) kureva nhau.
• Tonga inoti Masyikati (afternoon) kureva masikati.

Mabviro eruzivo

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1. ↑ http://docshare04.docshare.tips/files/18945/189455420.pdf
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/tongagrammar00felluoft/page/n139
3. ↑ https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Books/Linguistics/Mega%20linguistics%20pack/African/Niger-Congo/Bantu/Tonga%3B%20An%20Outline%20of%20Chitonga%20Grammar%20%28Carter%29.pdf