Kuchinya, kuchinyikara, kuchinyidza kana kushatisa (damage, destroy, spoil, waste, ruin, extravagant) zvinotaura kushandisa nhando kwechinhu chiri kufanirwa kunge chakachengetedzeka kana kushatiswa kwokuti hachizoshandazwe nenzira yakarurama. Muchinyi (a spendthrift; someone who wastes). Kuchinyidzira (spoil for someone; destroy something belonging to someone). Kuchinyika (become spoiled; be destroyed). Chinyikirwa (have a miscarriage). Izwi iri riri kutodzaniswa nerinoti chinyikigwa rinotaurwa kuKalanga. Muchinyikiro (costs; expenses; damages; losses sustained). Izwi iri riri kutodzaniswa nerinoti chinyikilo rinotaurwa kuKalanga. Shovu (Wasteful person). Hushovu (wasteful person). Kushanja (to play with things, throw things around, be wasteful). Kuchinya (to sin, to wrong) zvinoreca kutadza. Kuchinyira (to sin against, to wrong) zvinoreca kutadzira. Usachinya sipo vamwe vanoda kugezawo - do not waste the soap others want to bath. Chinyiko, nyamadzi, nyangadzo (waste materials, loss) zvoreva zvacho zvarasika. Kuchinyika (be damaged, spoiled) kureva kushatiswa, kushatsa, kana kuipisa. Usa chinya mafuta ekubikisa: do not waste the cooking oil.