Nyamukuta kana muchingi (midwife) munhu anoita basa rokubata nemadzimai panguva yokunge vari kuzvara mwana achibuda. Ana nyamukuta vanovamba nezvidzidzo zvokuva mukoti vachizowedzera kuti vaite mabasa ekusunungutsa madzimai. Rega kuchenjedza nyamukuta kuzvara uchada Buramhere kana mburamhere (Fee paid to midwife summoned in emergency). Mhere kana uchingi (Fee paid to midwife). Shilluk vanoti gam (v. 1. receive, catch something or someone, usually in one's hands; 2. deliver, act as a midwife, "catching a baby") kureva kugamha. Shilluk vanoti gäämi (n. midwife) kureva nyamukuta. Swahili vanoti mzalisha wazalisha (midwife) kureva nyamukuta. Herero vanoti okukuta kana kuta (v. to bind, fetter, fasten, to bundle, tie together).