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Yao kana ChiYao rurimi rwunotaurwa munyika dzinoti: Malawi; Zambia, Mozambique neZimbabwe. Mutauro uyu wakapararira munyika dzeSADC nokuda kwevanhu vakatamira munyika idzi vachitsvaga mabasa, vari vashandi vakabva kuMalawi neZambia.

ChiYao chine mazwi mazhinji anotodzana neChiShona nemamwe akafanana zvachose.

• Izwi rokuti nyama (meat; animals used for meat) ndiro rimwe kuChiYao neShona.
• Izwi rokuti mbwa (meat; animals used for meat) ndiro rimwe kuChiYao neShona.
• Izwi rokuti nguo (cloth; calico) ndiro rimwe kuChiYao neShona.
• Izwi rokuti chigamba (a patch) ndiro rimwe kuChiYao neShona.
• Izwi rokuti chilindo (hut in a field where watch is kept for thieves, animals etc) rinotaurwa mururimi rweYao richireva nhungu.
• VaYao vanoti kung'wa (to drink), kureva kunwa.
• VaYao vanoti kuwawa (bitter taste), kureva kuvava.
• VaYao vanoti wato (canoe), kureva bwato.
• VaYao vanoti kuwaka (to build), kureva kuvaka.
• VaYao vanoti mbusi (goat), kureva mbudzi.
• VaYao vanoti liso (eye), kureva ziso.
• VaYao vanoti lulimi, kureva rurimi.
• VaYao vanoti achimwenye (chief), kureva Ishe.
• VaYao vanoti chaka (a year counting from time of planting crops, season, a time).
• VaYao vanoti chikope (the eye lid).
• VaYao vanoti kulalika (to gather an army; to gather a caravan). Mararike izita remhuri.
• VaYao vanoti chiiga (a thigh), kureva chidya.
• VaYao vanoti likasa (a box), kureva chikasha.
• VaYao vanoti likumi (ten), kureva gumi.
• VaYao vanoti chala (toe, finger), kureva chigunwe.
• VaYao vanoti kujenda, kureva kuenda.
• VaYao vanoti kujimba(to sing) kureva kuimba.
• VaYao vanoti kuchuwika (to dip in water).
• VaYao vanoti kukomoka (to faint).
• VaYao vanoti kukumbatila (to embrace in a conjugal position).
• VaYao vanoti luwele (breasts).
• VaYao vanoti mapale (fragment of a broken pot).
• VaYao vanoti chipala (blacksmith’s forge).
• VaYao vanoti chipembere (rhinoceros).
• VaYao vanoti chisango (a divining instrument).
• VaYao vanoti chiselo kureva rusero.
• VaYao vanoti chitumba (a bud).
• VaYao vanoti chitumba (a calabash; salt).
• VaYao vanoti chiwamba (seedling grown in a verandah and afterward transplanted).
• VaYao vanoti chikosi (a bunch of grass tied to mark the limit of a field).
• VaYao vanoti dande (slime of a snail).
• VaYao vanoti luwala (an open space). Ko ruvara?
• VaYao vanoti luwilo (a race). Ko zita rokuti Nyaruviro?
• VaYao vanoti luwaso (accuracy in shooting).
• VaYao vanoti macheka (bracelet made of the skin of an elephant foot).
• VaYao vanoti machela (a net fixed in the water by means of stakes; pointed).
• VaYao vanoti machila (strength; price of redemption).
• VaYao vanoti mangawa (debt).
• VaYao vanoti gwiso kana Atati (father; master).
• VaYao vanoti lusama (green-coloured).
• VaYao vanoti lusese (dwarfishness). Ko Chisese?
• VaYao vanoti mbanga (space between 2 large rocks; a cave).
• VaYao vanoti mbale (a plate).
• VaYao vanoti mbali (the side).; sokuti pa mbali pamoto – near the fire.
• VaYao vanoti makala (charcoal), kureva marasha.
• VaYao vanoti chisukulu (grandchild), kureva muzukuru.
• VaYao vanoti chilo (night), kureva husiku kana chiro.

• VaYao vanoti lichinga (animal kraal), kureva danga remombe.
• VaYao vanoti kujambanya (to commence weaving a palm leaf mat). Ko zita rinonzi Jambaya?
• VaYao vanoti chilungu (an earthquake).
• VaYao vanoti chinganga (a small drum; a necklace of beads).
• VaYao vanoti chindimba (a feast with dancing).
• VaYao vanoti chikungu (brass or copper).
• VaYao vanoti luwanda (a foetus).
• VaYao vanoti ngani (news), kureva nhau.

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1. ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=AKNQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR16&lpg=PR16&dq=ciyawo#v=onepage&q=ciyawo&f=false
2. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/ahandbookyaolan00hethgoog/ahandbookyaolan00hethgoog_djvu.txt