Kupwa (to run dry, evaporate). VaVenda vanoti -xa (to run dry) vachireva kupwa. Vanoti tshixele (n. infant, child) - zvichida vanoreva pwere. VaYao vanoti kupwa (to subside - of water) vachireva kupwa? VaHerero vanoti oku-puira (n. evaporation) vachireva kupwira kana kusasauka. VaHerero vanoti puira (sink as a river; decline, fail, vanish, disappear, diminish, wane) vachireva kuderera.