Kupura (Threshing in English) inzira inoshandiswa kupatsanura tsanga dzezvirimwa kubva kumuguri, kana kubva kumwonzora wacho unotakura tsanga. Kupura idanho rinoitwa kana zvirimwa zvakohwehwa mushure mokunge zvaoama, uye danho iri rinotangira kuwurutsa mbeu. Mashangura (Gleanings from threshing) kana matsangura; tsangwa zvinoreva chibage chekusunza panzvimbo inopurirwa. VaNyakyusa vanoti puula (v. thresh) vachireva kupura. MaZulu vanoti bula (thresh corn) vachireva kubhura. MaZulu vanoti ukubula amabele (to thresh millet) vachireva kupura rukweza. MaZulu vanoti isibulo (Flail, stick for beating anything as for threshing corn) vachireva mhuro. MaZulu vanoti umbuli (One who threshes corn) vachireva mupuri.