Tarisai futi peji re Muvara uye Mazita e mavara Muvara | tema / nhema | Dema | tematema | vunzvi | usiku Zvitema (ku Chingezi: blackness; shades of black) kana Hutema ishoko riri kushandiswa pano kureva mavara ezvinhu zvitema. Mutema, chitema, zvitema, matema, rutema zvichingodaro. Hunzvikunzvi kana hunzvi (Pitch-black object). Marasha ihunzvi: coal is black. Hunzvi kana manyuchi (Smut on sorghum and bulrush millet - a type of fungus). Svipa, dzvipa, fipa, chisvipa, musvipa zvichingodaro. KuVashona mavara aionekwa muzvikamu zvina: zvitsuku (ranjisi netsvuku) zvitema (nhema, ungu, hute nezerere) zvichena (chena, pfumbu nehuroro) Ne zvitsvuku futi (zvitsvukutsvuku se; kiwani, vhiore). Kazhinji tsvuku neranjisi aive ruvara rumwechete, uye ungu ne hute. BLACK tema/nhema EBONY BLACK dema ONYX BLACK MIDNIGHT BLACK usiku OBSIDIAN BLACK PITCH BLACK vunzvi MaZulu vanoti -mnyama (black, dark in colour) vachireva hutema. Sokuti: ingubo emnyama (black cloth) kureva jira dema. Giryama vanoti ki-iru (black). MaZulu vanoti fipha (ideo. of dullness, dimness, obscurity, darkness) inyaudzosingwi yekusvipa.