Kutanga kana kuvamba (to start) zvinoreva kuita chinhu patsva. Taabwa vanoti kubamba kureva kuvamba. Mamwe mazwi: kubambula (restart) kuvamba patsva. VaChewa vanoti kuamba kana kuyamba (begin, start). VaYao vanoti kutanda (begin, start). VaGulu vanoti ku-longola (aforehand). Muntu wa kulongola (the first man). VaHerero vanoti uta (begin; found; invent; initiate; undertake; originate; commence anything). VaGiryama vanoti ku-andza (neut. to begin). Mamwe mazwi kwandza; maandiko (beginning). Ku-m-ogoha Bwana ndo maandiko ga ulachu - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. VaKongo vanoti kubanda (to begin, to start, to commence) kureva kutanga. VaNgala vanoti kobanda (v. begin) kureva kuvamba. Nsenga vanoti kuhoka (v. to arrive first; to go or come forward). VaRwanda neVaGiryama vanoti mbere (first, beginner) kureva chekutanga. VaRwanda vanoti imbere (forward) kureva mberi. VaNyoro vanoti okubanza (to commence; begin).