Kusurukirwa (to be lonely, lonesome) zvichireva kushaya mumwe waunaye wokutaura naye kana kutamba naye. Mwana anodawo kuenda kunotamba nevamwe kuti asasurukirwa. MaZulu vanoti isisulu (Loneliness, solitariness; undisturbed state) kureva kusurukirwa. MaZulu vanoti isisulu (Private matter) kureva nyaya yangu pachangu. Mamwe mazwi: Lokhu yisisulu sami (This is my own affair) kureva iyi inhaka yangu ndega. MaZulu vanoti isisulu (Ease, leisure) kureva mutambarakede. VaTonga vanoti kaungu (loneliness) kureva kusurukirwa. MaZulu vanoti isizungu (loneliness) vachireva kusurukirwa. VaNyarundi vanoti gukumbura (to be lonesome for) vachireva kusurukirwa.