Chiyo (Chirungu: grain) kana tsanga dzembeu uye zviyo muhuwandu, zvinoreva mhodzi imwe yechibage, gorosi kana imwe mbeu. Vamwe vatauri vanoti mhuuze kureva tsanga diki dzinenge zviyo. Mururimi rweYao vanoti lunyilili (small grains of any substance, such as sand or gunpowder). VaFwe vanoti bweke (n. grain) zvichireva tsanga. VaChewa vanoti njele (n. A single grain or seed of any sort). MaZulu vanoti isilongotsha kana izilongotsha (n. a small particle, mote, grain). MaZulu vanoti uluhlamvu kana izihlamvu (n. 1. Single grain, berry, pip, stone of fruit; 2. Coin, or small body of similar kind; single separate particle). MaZulu vanoti uluhlamvu kana izihlamvu (3. A single word, saying, sentence, syllable, detail, point of an affair).