Let's trace the journey of the Mutasa Shumba totem from its origins in Guuruswa, then via Kagera, Zambia, Mutarara, and Sena, until it finally settled in Bingaguru, Manicaland.
I think colonel is not clear on Mbizi/Shumba issue. The Mutasa in Mozambique are mbizi, the Mutasa in Midlands are mbizi as well. There is an explanation from other sourced which say the Shumba was adopted later by the mutasa in manicaland only
Pane vakambondiudzawo kuti Zebra muchimanyika inonzi Shumba asi mataurirwo or the way they pronounce it, the sound is very different from the way they pronounce Shumba yeLion. To appreciate this I will give example yeLeopard. KuchiManyika Leopard inonzi Kamba asi kuchiZezuru, Kamba is Tortoise while kuchiManyika Tortoise is Hamba.
Isn't shona a collective of different tribes ( manyika, zezuru, korekore, karanga etc) that was used by the colonists to simplify things. I thought ana Mutasa are manyika. So Col Mutasa vanenge varasika ipapo.
*Ancient Egyptian* language inonzi MTW R (Mutawro) Bantu Swahili: Mtepe [Boat] Bantu Shona: Tchikepe [boat] Ancient Egyptian: Dpt/Tpt [boat] Bantu Swahili: Amuoni [invisible] Bantu Shona: Hamuoni [Invisible] Ancient Egyptian: Amun/Amon [the invisible one] Bantu Kinyarwanda: Imana [supreme God] Ancient Egyptian: H.Tpw (Hotapw) [peace/offering ritual] Bantu Shona: Tapiwa [Given name meaning gift] Ancient Egyptian: S’hm [power] Bantu Shona: Simba [power] Ancient Egyptian: WBN Ra M PT [see the shining sun above] Various Bantu languages: WaBona [ you see] Shona: Penya [shining] Ancient Egyptian: AWN M PT [to see the sky/ colour blue of flax flower] Bantu Shona: Awona [he’s seen]. Aiwona mu pakati [he saw it in the middle|separation] Bantu Shona: Mu Serri [the background/bush] Ancient Egyptian: Serekh [Royal name displayed atop a facade of a palace in the background] Various Southern Bantu languages: Imbwa mbwa Inpungu Mbwa mwetu [dog/ jackals] Ancient Egyptian: Inpw/ Wepwa wet [ Dog/jackal deity] Ancient Egyptian: Aten [disk shaped things] Bantu Shona: Atenderedwa/ Tenderedza [circulate] Common given names meaning “to praise” Atenda /Tendai/Tendererai/Tonderai/ Tatenda/Rutendo Bantu Shona: Ruva/Ruwa [garden/flower] Ancient Egyptian: AaRu[ field of reeds] Bantu Shona: Mutawro Wem Nema Mutapa [language of the black kingdom] Ancient Egyptian: Mtw Ra Em Kem Mut [Speech in the mouth of the black land] Various Ancient Egyptians and Nubians pictured: Coptic; ‘Nourômi’- [a man] Bantu Shona; ‘Murume’ [a man] Swahili & Nyanja; ‘Mulume’ [a man] Coptic; ‘Nane tooui’- [good morning] Bantu Shona; ‘Ma nguwa Nane’ [good morning] Coptic; ‘Nofri ‘ehoou’- [good day] Bantu Shona; ‘Nofarira zuva’ [desirable day] Coptic; ‘Berkêdi?’- [how are you?] Bantu Shona; ‘Makadi?’ [how are you?] Coptic; ‘Dišephmot êten fdi!’- [I thank God] Bantu Shona; ‘Ndino tenda mawri!’ - [I thank God] Coptic; ‘Emperenten’- [lead] Bantu Shona; Omperekedze [Accompany him] Coptic-‘Nem’- [and] Bantu Shona: ‘Nemu’ [and/with] Coptic-‘Arejimi’- [thou] Bantu Shona- ‘imi’ [you] Coptic-‘Bêi’- [house] Bantu Shona- ‘Imbaii’ [this House] Coptic-‘Disoôun’- [seeing?] Bantu Shona- ‘Nda uoona’ [i see/saw] Coptic: ‘Tikati’- [to explain/summarise/ educate] Bantu Shona: ‘Tikati/tingati’ - [let’s say] Coptic: ‘U te tu yópe’ - [what do you work?] Bantu Shona: ‘U cha ita yipi’- [which will you ?] Coptic: ‘Anag-u’ [i am] Bantu Shona- ‘Angu’ [mine] Coptic: ‘Ehe/šho’- [yes] Bantu Shona- ‘Ehe/Shua’ [yes/agree] Coptic: ‘Ammón/annó’- [no] Bantu Shona- ‘Hamuna/hanna’ [you lack/ he lacks] Coptic: ’Estoinofi’- [incense] Bantu Shona - ‘Chinonoowa’ [It Smells] Coptic; ‘F’pisi/N’pisi’ [to cook/kitchen] Bantu Shona; ‘Pisa’ [to burn] Coptic; ‘Towot una amown’ [Image of living hidden one] aka Tutankhamun Bantu Shona; ‘Tawona nguwa amuoni’ [ We saw the lifetime of the unseen] Middle Ancient Egyptian; MDW R M KMT (mutaw Ra em kemut) “Speech of the mouth of the black land” Bantu Shona; Mutawro wem nema mutapa “speach of the black land” Azande: Uru “sun” kuru “elder” Bantu languages: Kuru/Kulu “Elder/higher” Egyptian: “Ur” elder/Higher Azande: kporo “house” Egyptian: Pa’ro “that house” Bantu Shona: ii mba iro “that house” Middle Ancient Egyptian; MDW R M KMT (mutaw Ra em kemut) “Speech of the mouth of the black land” Bantu Shona; Mutawro wem nema mutapa “speach of the black land” Old Egyptian; Amon Amun “the invisible one” (God of air) Bantu languages: Amuona Hamuoni “you do not see” Hamuna “you have nothing” Old Egyptian; “Inpw” (Anubis). Bantu Shona; “imbwa” (dog) Old Egyptian; “Narmer” [to bite/biting] Bantu Shona; “Ndaruma” [ i bit] Middle Egyptian; “Amusw” [He’s in the sedge](Amusw was Pharaoh in 1490 B.C) Bantu Shona; “Aimuuswa” [He was in the grass] Old Egyptian; “Nesw Bete” [(he) of the grass and the bee (the Kings title)] Bantu Shona; “Ne uswa, Ne Bete” [With grass, with Beetle] Old Egyptian; “Paro” (Aka Pharaoh in Greek) [(the Kings)House above] Bantu Shona; “imba soro” [The house above] Middle Egyptian; “Hatshepsut”- [Foremost of the noble ladies]. ‘Sheps’ is a noble. Hatshepsut was a female Pharaoh in 1458 B.C. Bantu Shona; “hunhu we ishe nesu” [Character of the lord among us] ‘Ishe’ means Sir/Lord or even God. Middle Egyptian; -Amunhotap ( offering of the hidden one) Bantu Shona; - Amuoni tapiwa [you don’t see our gift] Middle Egyptian; Mawtmweya [mother in the spirit boat] Bantu Shona; Maiwamweya [mother of Spirit] Middle Egyptian; “Akhenaten” [effective for Aten] Bantu Shona; “Aigonaatenda” [he effectively praise] Bantu Shona; “Aikundaatenda” [he won then praised God] Middle Egyptian; “Twtankhamun” [Live image the invisible one] Bantu Shona; “Tawona nguva hamuoni” [we see life time of the unseen] Middle Egyptian; “Ramezw” (Latinised: Ramses) [‘Ra(sun deity) birthed him or he is of the sun’] Bantu Shona; “Ramuzvara” [It birthed him] “mezuva” (literal meaning) [of within the sun] Ai-rimuzuva ‘he was within the sun’ [The Sun/days] Middle Egyptian: “Ra” [Sun deity determinative for ‘the day’.] Middle Egyptian : “Su” [Day of the month] “Su-Ra/Re-Sw” Bantu Shona: “Zuva/Zuwa” [Sun/day] Bantu Shona: “Ne-Zu-Ro” [literally: in the previous day] Middle Egyptian: “Chepercheperure” -[Everlasting are the Manifestations of Ra] Bantu Shona; “Chipirihachiperere” (informal)[The the next never ends] Middle Egyptian; “seni” - [Brother/Sister] Bantu Shona; “seni”- [like me] Middle Egyptian; “Sese” - [vanquisher] (Egyptian Soldiers nick name for Ramses) Bantu Kikongo; “Sese’” - [‘all powerful warrior’] name of Mobutu . Middle Egyptian; "division "; the term was sepat or spat. Bantu Shona; Patsanurwa- “division” Pakati “in between “ Middle Egyptian; “Mesedse” - hates him Bantu Shona; “Misodzi” - tears Middle Egyptian; “Sdj an af” he has heard Bantu Shona; “ano nzwa” Spirituality: Middle Egyptian; ‘Ba/Ka’ - ‘two aspects of a soul.’ Bantu shona; ‘PoKo’ - ‘a lost spirit or a ghost.’ Middle Egyptian; ‘Mweya’ - ‘Spirit boat, how a Kings soul t ravels the universe.’ Shona; ‘Mweya/moyo’ - ‘The soul’. Middle Egyptian; ‘Rin’ - ‘name’ Shona; ‘Rinonzi’ - ‘it is called’ Middle Egyptian; Sah - "spiritual body" Bantu Ngoni; ‘Sangoma’ - ‘diviner/shaman/ spiritual council’ Middle Egyptian;”Ib/rb” - “heart” Bantu Shona; “ropa”- “blood” Middle Egyptian;Sikhm or the "power, form", Bantu Shona; Simba “power/strength” Middle Egyptian; Khat - [physical form to awaken] Bantu Shona; “Mukati/Muka” - [the inside/to awaken] Coptic; ‘Nourômi’- [a man] Bantu Shona; ‘Murume’ [a man] Swahili & Nyanja; ‘Mulume’ [a man] Coptic; ‘Nane tooui’- [good morning] Bantu Shona; ‘Ma nguwa Nane’ [good morning] Coptic; ‘Nofri ‘ehoou’- [good day] Bantu Shona; ‘Nofarira zuva’ [desirable day] Coptic; ‘Berkêdi?’- [how are you?] Bantu Shona; ‘Makadi?’ [how are you?] Coptic; ‘Dišephmot êten fdi!’- [I thank God] Bantu Shona; ‘Ndino tenda mawri!’ - [I thank God] Coptic; ‘Emperenten’- [lead] Bantu Shona; Omperekedze [Accompany him] Coptic-‘Nem’- [and] Bantu Shona: ‘Nemu’ [and/with] Coptic-‘Arejimi’- [thou] Bantu Shona- ‘imi’ [you] Coptic-‘Bêi’- [house] Bantu Shona- ‘Imbaii’ [this House] Coptic-‘Disoôun’- [seeing?] Bantu Shona- ‘Nda uoona’ [i see/saw] Coptic: ‘Tikati’- [to explain/summarise/ educate] Bantu Shona: ‘Tikati/tingati’ - [let’s say] Coptic: ‘U te tu yópe’ - [what do you work?] Bantu Shona: ‘U cha ita yipi’- [which will you ?] Coptic: ‘Anag-u’ [i am] Bantu Shona- ‘Angu’ [mine] Coptic: ‘Ehe/šho’- [yes] Bantu Shona- ‘Ehe/Shua’ [yes/agree] Coptic: ‘Ammón/annó’- [no] Bantu Shona- ‘Hamuna/hanna’ [you lack/ he lacks] Coptic: ’Estoinofi’- [incense] Bantu Shona - ‘Chinonoowa’ [It Smells] Coptic; ‘F’pisi/N’pisi’ [to cook/kitchen] Bantu Shona; ‘Pisa’ [to burn] Coptic; ‘Towot una amown’ [Image of living hidden one] aka Tutankhamun Bantu Shona; ‘Tawona nguwa amuoni’ [ We saw the lifetime of the unseen] Egyptian; ‘Akh’ [ (magically) effective one] It could be invoked by prayers or written letters left in the tomb's offering chapel also in order to help living family members, e.g., by intervening in disputes, by making an appeal to other dead persons or deities with any authority to influence things on earth for the better, but also to inflict punishments. IThe Bantu Equivalent is Mudzimu or Mulimu.
