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Chichewa words in the Polyglotta Africana 23

Book – –
Ink – –
Sun tsúrōa and tsúrūwa dzúwa
Moon (? Full) móẹ zi· mwezí
New Moon móẹ zo ún·ānu (?)mwezí wáúng’óno
Day sā̄́na masaná
Night usī̄́ku usíku
Dry Season mā̄́limṓẹ malimwe (usually
chilimwe)
Rainy Season tsī̄́ndṣa, pl. matsī̄́ndṣa dzinjá, madzinjá
Rain mpfū̄́la mvúla
Dew n·kū̄́n·go nkhúngu = mist
Coal kā̄́la, pl. makā̄́la khála, mákala
Smoke wū̄́tse utsí
Soap – –
Sand n·kẹ ̄́n·ga mchenga
Canoe búāto, pl. mabúāto bwató, mabwató
Bench, chair mpā̄́ndo, pl. mipā̄́ndo mpando, mipando
Needle sin·gā̄́nu, pl. désin·gā̄́nu singáno
Thread tọ ̄́ndṣe thónje (= cotton)
Rope kī̄́n·gūẹ chingwe
Chain (Fetters?) – –
Drum gnọ ̄́ma, pl. tsegnọ ̄́ma ng’oma
Tree ntóyān·go, pl. mitóyān·go mténgo, miténgo
Firewood dṣikū̄́ni chikúni (= log)
Walking-stick ndọ ̄́do ndodo
Leaf tsā̄́mba, pl. masā̄́mba tsamba, masamba
Root tsī̄́ts, pl. mitsī̄́ts mtsítsi, mitsítsi
Palm-tree –
Palm-oil mā·fúta (i.e. cocoa-nut oil) mafúta
Guinea-Corn (bearing mā·pī̄́la mapira = sorghum
like Maize)
Kuskus (bearing like kāpíle kapire (a kind of millet)
Oats)
Cotton tṓndṣe thónje
Cotton-plant (a shrub) tẹ ̄́ n·gō tṓndṣ mténgo wá thónje
Cotton-tree muvā̄́le, pl. mivā̄́le (muwale, a different tree)
Camwood – –
Rice (uncooked) mpū̄́n·ga (tsākū̄́dīa cooked) mphungá (zákúdyá =
foods)
Yam kilās, pl. tsélās chilázi, zilázi
Cassada kinā̄́n·gūa, pl. tsenā̄́n·gūa chinangwá