Guhwa, hwenye, runyerekupe kana bveverere (rumour). Runyerekupe, mah'ung'ah'ung'a (rumours) zvinoreva marehwarehwa anotaurwa pamusoro pechinhi kana munhu angave ane chokwadi kana asina. Apa chinoita kuti anzi runyerekupe kuti mwene wenyaya haasiye auya akabuda pachena achitaurira vanhu; vanhu vanenge vanzwa nemakuhwa. Gumba kana magumba (1. Slander; 2. Talebearing; 3. Harmful gossip; backbite; 4. ill reports) apa kureva makuhwa kana kunyeya. Kutaura gumba hakuna kururama kunoputsa hukama. Kutaura gumba. Chikuhwa (habit of back-biting). Kunyeya (tell tales about; backbite). Mbayo (evil-speaking, quarrelsomeness). Vaviri-vaviri wechitatu muzvinaguhwa. Two are two; a third party means gossip. Pavaviri wechitatu muzvinaguhwa. There are two; three means gossip Kureva Donga rimwe riripo rinonyumwa. Talking ill of a muTonga in the presence of another (muTonga) will make the latter (feel) uneasy. Mweni haataurwi gumba. A stranger is not gossiped about. Nyamakuhwa simidza nguo chenal agoonekwa mumhindo. Dress a gossip in white so that he (she) is visible even in darkness. VaVenda vanoti zwiambo (n. gossip) vachireva guhwa.