Mubumbunuki (convalescent person) kureva uyo ari kubumbunuka kana kupora pashoma nepashoma. Bunura (1. Restore health. Fatten again - kubundunura; 2. Unwind. Uncoil - kukatanura kana kumononora. Bumburu kana mabumburu (Person or animal recovering from sickness). Iye avabumburu: he is well again. Bumbunu (ideophone of picking up strength after illness, 2. getting fat again after illness, 3. uncoiling, unwinding). Kubumbunuka (1. to fatten, 2. cause to recuperate, 3. pick up strength). bundunu (ideophone of Becoming fat again after illness). Kubundunudza. Kubundunudza (Fatten) zvinoreva kubumbunudza. VaNyakyusa vanoti bumbuluka (get well, be healed) vachireva kubumbunuka.