Chitunha kana chibvumba (corpse in English) zvinoreva mutumbi wemunhu akafa. Chitunha chinochengetwa munzvimbo inotonhora kuti chisashata kusvika panguva yokuvigwa. Kumamisha kusina zvipatara vanhu vanoda kukasika kuviga munhu afa; vazhinji vanoviga nezuva rechitatu mushure mokunge munhu afa. Mhini kana chimhini (Body of murdered person), semuenzaniso, Padzivo pakaitwa mhini: someone was killed at the fight. Akaona mhini yomunhu: he saw the corpse of a murdered person. Kuviga, kana kutsira (to bury the dead) apa kureva kuradzika kana kufushira mufi murinda. Isau naJakobe vakororo vake vakamutsira: his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. (Genesis 35:29 Bhaibheri reChiNdau). MaZulu vanoti ilithuna (n. Grave, sepulchre) kureva rinda. Taabwa vanoti kitumbi' (n. corpse) kureva chitunha. Lunyoro neLugungu vanoti mutumbi (a corpse; body of a dead person) kureva mutumbi. VaBemba vanoti citumbi (n. corpse) kureva chitunha. VaBemba vanoti shika (v. bury) kureva kuviga muvhu. Herero vanoti sira (v. bury; inter; cover with ground; fill a hole by throwing in soil; roast in ashes).