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Tendai Chirimaunga
Tendai Chirimaunga is a ChiBarwe Language Researcher at the National Language Institute in Zimbabwe and lecturer at Midlands State University
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Murenje

This is a leg of any living thing.

e.g.

Ana murenje muraphu.

en  

He has a long leg.



Muchombo

This is a navel, where the umbilical cord was attached on the stomach

e.g.

Reka kubzva namuchombo.

en  

Do not play with your navel



Ntsewe

This is the hair found on the head of a human being.

e.g.

Ntsewe harichingwi ntsangwi

en  

You can not shave your hair at night



Mutikho

This is a cooking stick used to cook things like sadza (stiff porridge)

e.g.

Mutikho unapasiwa adawatama

en  

A cooking stick is given to the one who is silent



Phewa

This is a the shoulder on human beings

e.g.

Dzusira mutanda paphewa

en  

Carry the log on your shoulder



Ngore

These are nails found on human or animal fingers

e.g.

kukhwenya donda nangore

en  

To scratch a wound using fingernails



Boko

hand

e.g.

Anasewensesa boko ramanzere

en  

He uses his left hand.


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